OMB published revisions to Uniform Guidance yesterday; provisions in the revised guidance will apply to awards issued after its effective date, November 12th, 2020. However, there are two provisions in the revised guidance that went into effect yesterday: §200.216, Prohibition on certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment, and §200.340, Termination. Summaries of these two revisions are summarized below but can be read in their entirety in Final Guidance posted in the Federal Register linked to this post. OSP will provide a summary of the revisions going into effect in November in a separate post. 

The new provision at §200.216 states that “recipients and subrecipients are

prohibited from obligating or expending loan or grant funds to: (1) procure or

obtain; (2) extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain; or (3) enter into a

contract (or extend or renew a contract) to procure or obtain equipment, services or

systems that use(s) covered telecommunications equipment or services as a

substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part

of any system.”

The termination provision at §200.340 now eliminates the current “for cause”

reason for termination and replaces it with one stating that an award may be

terminated “if an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency

priorities.” In addition, federal awarding agencies must make recipients aware, in a

clear and unambiguous manner, of the termination provisions in §200.340.

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• Hiring a research assistant in the Baltimore region or elsewhere;

• Purchasing necessary software or hardware upgrades;

• Purchasing research materials (e.g., books, photocopies, materials provided by archives, transcription services or interview devices);

• Small honoraria for external research partners; small faculty development funds for UMBC research partners;

• Travel (if and when the “non-essential” travel ban is lifted).
  

• A brief narrative statement (300 words max) describing your research, its humanities and social justice (if appropriate) focus, and its significance, your revised or re-adapted research goals, and how you will use the funding

• A short, summary budget

• A two-page CV

Retro – Issues Moving Funding

When entering a Retro for an employee’s position, please remember to enter a single Retro, for a single employee, for a single funding source during the Pay Period.

Example :

Mrs. Smith worked during payroll 2017001.
Mrs. Smith is paid from four different funding sources.
The business manager realized that two of the funding sources are incorrect, but not until the week of Payroll 2017009.

Recommendation:

During Payroll 2017009, one RETRO can be entered to fix the first incorrect funding source.
During Payroll 2017010, another RETRO can be entered to fix the second incorrect funding source.

The RETROs must be done in separate Payrolls, because the system will reshuffle the employee’s E-N-T-I-R-E distribution for Payroll 2017001 when trying to calculate the RETRO. It cannot reshuffle more than once for 2017001 in this situation.