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Office of Federal Financial Management

Grants Management

Circulars:

Which Circular do I Follow?

Administrative Requirements
OMB Circular A-89, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (August 17, 1984)
OMB Circular A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements With State and Local Governments (October 07, 1994) (further amended August 29, 1997)
OMB Circular A-110, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Other Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations (November 19, 1993) (further amended September 30, 1999)

Audit Requirements
OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations (June 24, 1997, includes revisions published in Federal Register June 27, 2003)

Cost Principles
OMB Circular A-21, Cost Principles for Educational Institutions (May 10, 2004)
OMB Circular A-87, Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments (May 10, 2004)
OMB Circular A-122, Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations (May 10, 2004)

Legislation: Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-107)
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-65)
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-224)

Memoranda: M-04-05, Clarification of Passback Language to Grant-Making Agencies (January 7, 2004)
M-04-01, OMB Issues Grants.gov FIND Policy (October 15, 2003)
M-03-16, OMB Issues Grants Management Policies (July 15, 2003) (91k) PDF Information

Other Guidance:

Policy Statements

Related Forms

For OMB Circular A-21 Reporting:
CASB's Disclosure Statement (DS-2)
Facilities and Administrative Rate Proposals

Resources: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - Information on obtaining Federal grants
Federal Assistance Awards Data System - Statistical information
Federal Audit Clearinghouse - Results of Grantee Audits
Federal Demonstration Partnership - Research grant information
General grant resources and information
Interagency Electronic Grants Committee - Electronic processing information
State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) List

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