Current Announcements

“OMB has posted its proposed revisions to the OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements (Uniform Guidance) in the October 5, 2023 version of the Federal Register.Comments are due December 4, 2023.According to the FR Notice, comments must be submitted electronically before the comment closing date to www.regulations.gov. In submitting comments, please search for recent submissions by OMB to find docket OMB–2023–0017, which includes the full text of the proposed revisions and submit comments there. Please provide clarity as to the section of the guidance that each comment is referencing by beginning each comment with the section number in brackets. For example; if the comment is on 2 CFR 200.1 include the following before the comment [200.1]. The public comments received by OMB will be posted at http://www.regulations.gov and be a matter of public record. Accordingly, please do not include in your comments any confidential business information or information of a personal-privacy nature. In general, responses to the comments will be summarized and included in the preamble of the final guidance. For additional information, contact Andrew Reisig or Steven Mackey at the OMB Office of Federal Financial Management via email at MBX.OMB.OFFM.Grants@OMB.eop.gov.

COGR is organizing a workgroup with the mission of developing a robust and thorough Comment Letter. In addition, we will hold a session at the Thursday, October 26th COGR Meeting to share an update on the status of the Comment Letter. We also will provide regular updates (including a DRAFT COMMENT LETTER) to the membership over the next 60 days, which can inform institutional responses. Finally, If you are interested in participating in the workgroup or have questions/comments to share, please contact Krystal Toups at ktoups@cogr.edu and David Kennedy at dkennedy@cogr.edu.

For more information, please visit COGR’s 2 CFR 200 “Uniform Guidance” resource page.”