[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7056]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2012 /
Proposed Rules
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
2 CFR Chapters I and II
Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative
Agreements; Cost Principles And Administrative Requirements (Including
Single Audit Act)
AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed guidance; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is extending the
comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance on Reform of
Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; cost
principles and administrative requirements (including Single Audit
Act). The original comment period was scheduled to end on March 29,
2012. With this document, OMB is extending the time period in which to
provide public comments until April 30, 2012. This will allow
interested parties additional time to analyze the issues and prepare
their comments.
DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be received by OMB
at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time (E.S.T) on April 30, 2012.
ADDRESSES: In submitting commenting, please refer to file ``Grant
Reform''. You may submit comments using one of the following three
alternatives (please choose only one of these three alternatives):
1. Electronically. You may submit electronic comments on this
regulation to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments.
2. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to
the following address only: Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
St NW., Washington DC, 20025, Attention: Office of Federal Financial
Management ``Grant Reform''.
3. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address only: Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th St NW.,
Washington DC, 20025, Attention: Office of Federal Financial Management
``Grant Reform''. Due to potential delays in OMB's receipt and
processing of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service, we strongly
encourage respondents to submit comments electronically to ensure
timely receipt. We cannot guarantee that comments sent via surface mail
will be received before the comment closing date.
Comments will be most useful if they are presented in the same
sequence (and with the same heading) as the section of this notice to
which they apply. Also, if you are submitting comments on behalf of an
organization, please identify the organization. Finally, the public
comments received by OMB will be posted on OMB's Web site and at http://www.regulations.gov (follow the search instructions on that Web site
to view public comments). Accordingly, please do not include in your
comments any confidential business information or information of a
personal-privacy nature.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Collin at (202) 395-7791 for
general information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB is extending the comment period for its
advance notice of proposed guidance, which published in the Federal
Register on February 28, 2012, at 77 FR 11178. The original comment
period was scheduled to end on March 29, 2012, and this document
extends it to April 30, 2012.
Copies of the OMB Circulars that are discussed in this notice are
available on OMB's Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_default/. Circulars A-110, A-21, A-87, and A-122 are also
available at 2 CFR at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfrv1_02.tpl. The Cost Principles
for Hospitals are in the regulations of the Department of Health and
Human Services at 45 CFR part 75, appendix E (Principles for
Determining Costs Applicable to Research and Development Under Grants
and Contracts with Hospitals), at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title45-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title45-vol1.pdf.
Daniel I. Werfel,
Controller.
[FR Doc. 2012-7056 Filed 3-22-12; 11:15 am]
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