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APHIS Cost Management System – Agreements Inventory

APHIS Cost Management System – Agreements Inventory. Agency Goal. To provide a better, more efficient way to manage the APHIS agreements inventory. ACMS Objectives. To provide accurate reporting to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, & other entities. House/Senate Q&A’s

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APHIS Cost Management System – Agreements Inventory

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  1. APHIS Cost Management System – Agreements Inventory

  2. Agency Goal To provide a better, more efficient way to manage the APHIS agreements inventory.

  3. ACMS Objectives • To provide accurate reporting to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, & other entities. • House/Senate Q&A’s • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance • National Science Foundation • Program staffs (i.e. Civil Rights, Review and Analysis Branch, program units, etc.)

  4. ACMS Objectives (cont) • To ensure APHIS meets the requirements as described in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA).

  5. FFATA Reporting • Importance of supplemental sheet • Common errors reported back to APHIS - Congressional District - Zip + 4

  6. New Enhancement – Cooperative Agreements, Grants, & Indemnities • Address validation enhancement to ensure the accuracy of the address that is transmitted for FFATA and other reports. • Addresses validated using 3 validation services - USPS - Tele Atlas - Clean Address

  7. New Enhancement – Interagency Agreements • Agency Locator code (ALC)* • Miscellaneous Obligating Number (MO) • Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) * Required Field

  8. Records in ACMS • Total records in ACMS - 9,047 • Cooperative Agreements – 3,465 • Grants – 119 • Interagency Agreements - 1783

  9. Agreement Inventory Module Future Improvements • Redesign to incorporate additional FFATA requirement – date final signature. • Screen redesign to incorporate the date of the “Decision Memorandum” approval.

  10. Agreement Inventory- Pending Agreements – NEW Requirements • Enter all planned agreements into the inventory. • Select the agreement as pending. • DO NOT VALIDATE ADDRESSES IN PENDING • Create Ledger (responsibility to be determined by Program)

  11. Miscellaneous • ACMS Agreements Help Line • Response time….

  12. Questions? Comments?

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