| BACKGROUND: The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) has been designated by OMB as the
cognizant agency responsible for negotiating indirect, fringe benefit
(and other specialty) rates and issuing related Rate Agreements
for a significant number of organizations receiving Federal awards.
Within this Department, the Division of Cost Allocation
(DCA) is responsible for negotiating and approving rate(s) that
should be used to determine amounts of indirect, fringe benefit
and other types of costs to be included on a Federal award. The
approval is formalized by issuance of a Rate Agreement signed
by the cognizant agency and an authorized representative of the
organization.
SCOPE: This home page is limited to information
concerning the applicable cost principles, and where to go to
get additional information on proposal submission for: (i) Colleges
and Universities, (ii) State and Local Governments, (iii) Hospitals
and (iv) Other Nonprofit Organizations.
Please email any questions, comments or suggestions
to bcaudill@psc.gov |
