[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19953-19954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07389]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Department-Wide Transition To Use of GrantSolutions Award
Management System for Managing Financial Assistance Awards
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a department-wide transition to the GrantSolutions
award management system during fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is providing notice
of the transitioning of all bureaus and offices to using the
GrantSolutions award management system to manage financial assistance
awards. Recipients of financial assistance awards that are subject to
the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards will use the GrantSolutions system to
manage reporting requirements and perform other award management
actions.
DATES: The transition to using the GrantSolutions system will begin on
May 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Mail questions to: Office of Grants Management, 1849 C
Street NW, Mail Stop 4262-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. More information
on the DOI GrantSolutions system transition for financial assistance is
available at the following website: https://www.doi.gov/grants/grantsolutions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaprice Tucker, Acting Director, 202-
208-3466. DOI recipients are encouraged to direct all inquiries to
their assigned bureau or office point of contact. People who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the above individual or
their designated bureau or office contact during normal business hours.
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
has entered into an agreement with the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) to modernize DOI's financial assistance programs through
implementation of HHS' GrantSolutions platform, an award management
system that provides end-to-end management capabilities for financial
assistance awards. The transition supports DOI's
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effort to enhance stewardship over the estimated $4 billion in
financial assistance awarded annually. The GrantSolutions award
management system will allow DOI to standardize financial assistance
management procedures, and increase transparency, accountability, and
oversight for financial assistance funding.
As a result of the transition, all DOI recipients of financial
assistance awards (grants, cooperative agreements, and other types of
Federal funding) that are subject to the requirements of 2 CFR 200 will
use the GrantSolutions system to manage reporting requirements and
perform other award management actions. DOI will provide web-based
training for all impacted recipients. DOI will not transition compacts,
annual funding agreements, contracts, or other tribal programs subject
to the requirements of Public Law 93-638, the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act, as amended, at this time. These
recipients will continue to use existing DOI systems provided by
individual bureaus to manage these awards.
The GrantSolutions award management system will allow recipients to
perform the following actions:
View award(s) and related award information.
View funding applications submitted by the recipient and
related award notices.
Communicate with and send documents to Federal staff.
Manage award amendments and view their status after
submission.
Manage in-progress applications and view submitted and
awarded applications.
Apply for non-competitive and mandatory awards.
Apply for directed award supplements.
View and submit program progress reports.
Create, edit, submit, and view Federal financial reports.
All bureaus, Departmental offices, and recipients will transition
to using the GrantSolutions award management system according to the
schedule below. Recipients will receive access to GrantSolutions on the
same dates as the bureau or office responsible for managing their
program funding. The GrantSolutions transition schedule is as follows:
Group A transition date is May 18, 2020. Group A includes
the following bureaus and their recipients: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, and their recipients.
Group B transition date is October 13, 2020. Group B
includes the National Park Service and their recipients.
Group C transition date is December 7, 2020. Group C
includes the following bureaus, Departmental offices, and their
recipients: Bureau of Indian Affairs/Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau
of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Departmental Offices, Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the U.S. Geological
Survey, and their recipients.
DOI recipients are encouraged to visit the DOI GrantSolutions
system transition web page provided or contact their designated bureau
or office financial assistance award contact for more information on
the transition.
Kaprice Tucker,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Management.
[FR Doc. 2020-07389 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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