OMB Guidance Provides Relief to Federal Award Recipients
Posted by Seth Hennard on March 30, 2020
In response to the extended decrease in the operational capacity of many entities due to COVID-19, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has provided administrative, financial management, and audit requirement relief for certain Federal grant regulations. OMB issued Memorandum M-20-17 which contains details on the flexibilities granted. Affecting all Federal award recipients is the extension of single audit submissions. Entities that have not yet filed their Data Collection Forms and entities with fiscal year ends through June 30, 2020 will have their deadlines extended by six months (for a due date now 15 months after fiscal year-end). Additionally, awarding agencies may allow a grantee to delay submission of financial or performance reports. This could have an effect on reports required by sub-recipient awarding agencies (NYSED, NYSDOH, etc.). Other relaxed requirements include allowability of salaries or certain costs not normally chargeable to awards. We will continue to monitor guidelines issued by Federal and State agencies throughout this crisis.
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