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Federal grants management (11/16/18)

Agency OMB
Action Request for comment
Date 11/16/18
Link https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/16/2018-24927/draft-federal-grants-management-data-standards-for-feedback

OMB is proposing “grants management common data standards” as a step towards making make management of federal grants results-oriented and consistent across agencies. Comments are due January 15, 2019. The proposed standards are presented as a list of 426 proposed data elements, posted at https://grantsfeedback.cfo.gov/ (under the Give Feedback tab). To make comments, one must register for a GitHub.com account and submit comments in separate boxes for the specific data elements. A three-page users guide does explain there is a way to label a comment box for general comments.