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2010 Campus Institute

Please refer to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-10-08, Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act- Data Quality, Non-Reporting Recipients, and Reporting Job Estimates published on December 18, 2009.

Part 2 of this Memorandum, Replacement of Section 5 of M-09-21, updates the guidance for jobs data reporting. The updated guidance reflects an important change and simplification to the manner in which job estimates are calculated and reported. Recipients will now report job estimates on a quarterly, rather than cumulative, basis. Recipients will report job estimate totals by dividing the hours worked in the reporting quarter (i.e., the most recent quarter) by the hours in a full-time schedule in that quarter. A second important change is in the definition of a job created or retained. The updated guidance defines jobs created or retained as those funded in the quarter by the Recovery Act.

This webinar will provide additional guidance for all Recovery Act grant recipients on calculating jobs data and troubleshooting report submissions.

Date and Time

December 17, 2009

2:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time

How to Register

Visit the DOJ Recovery Act website at www.ojp.gov/recovery/rawebinar.htm and click on the “Register Now” link to register for the webinar. You will need your DOJ Recovery Act grant award number to register.

Registration will remain open through 8:00 PM Eastern Time on December 15, 2009. A recorded version of the webinar will be made available on the DOJ Recovery Act website following the webinar.

There are two templates available for downloading on www.Federalreporting.gov: Grant and Loans and Contracts. You should use the template for GRANTS and LOANS. This sample template is a guide and was prepared for the STOP Formula Grant Program. Therefore, some information will differ.

Sample Template

Codes

Awarding Agency Code
All OVW grant recipients should use 1500 – Department of Justice

Funding Agency Code
All OVW grant recipients should use 1500 – Department of Justice

Program Source (TAS)
All OVW grant recipients should use 15-0411 – Department of Justice – Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) – Department of Justice

Please note, it is difficult to use the search feature to locate the Program Source (TAS).

NTEE – NPC Activity Codes
A complete list of codes may be found at: http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/PubApps/nteeSearch.php

OVW, in coordination with OJP has also compiled a list of Activity Codes, broken down by grant program, for you to consider. The list of codes may be found at: http://www.ojp.gov/recovery/pdfs/actcodecfdanumbers.pdf

Examples of appropriate codes are as follows:
     •    F02 – Crisis Counseling
     •    F02.02 – Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention
     •    F60.02 – Family Violence Counseling
     •    L02 – Emergency Shelter
     •    102 – Crime Control and Prevention
     •    104 – Law Enforcement Agencies

CFDA Number
Each Recovery Act grant program has a CFDA Number. They are as follows:

     •    State DV/SA Coalitions – 16.556
     •    Tribal Coalitions – 16.557
     •    STOP Formula – 16.588
     •    Transitional Housing – 16.805
     •    Tribal Governments – 16.806

September 10, 2009 – 2:00PM ET

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in cooperation with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) will host a webinar on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) Section 1512 reporting requirements. The information covered in this webinar will provide additional guidance for all Recovery Act grant recipients.

What information will be presented?
This session will provide supplemental information to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) existing guidance on recipient reporting and the central reporting solution, www.FederalReporting.gov. One of the key areas the webinar will cover is how to calculate and report data on job creation and retention resulting from your grant projects and activities.

Who should attend?
All DOJ grant recipients receiving Recovery Act funds are encouraged to attend this online training session. Attendees will receive a comprehensive overview of the recipient reporting requirements as set forth in the Recovery Act and OMB implementing guidance. As an important feature of the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to submit questions to the presentation panel and receive feedback during session.

How do I register?
To register for the webinar, click here.

What if I can’t attend?
For those that cannot participate in the live webcast, the session will be archived and posted on the OJP Recovery Act website following the webinar.

For more information on the Webinar, contact Nathan Jackson at GMStier2support@ojp.usdoj.gov.

On Monday, August 17, 2009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Recipient registration opens at FederalReporting.gov. All entities defined under Section 1512 of the ARRA must register prior to fulfilling their reporting obligations. We encourage registration by September 30, 2009 so you are prepared for the first reporting period, which opens on October 1, 2009.

There are prerequisites for registration which require Agencies and Recipients to obtain a DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet and/or to register with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to registering on FederalReporting.gov. Guidance for Dun & Bradstreet and CCR registration can be found in OMB Memorandum M-09-21, June 22, 2009, which is posted on Recovery.Gov and Whitehouse.Gov. Do not begin the registration process until you have completed the DUNS and/or CCR registration requirements.

Along with the FederalReporting.gov website, a service desk will be operational to assist in the registration process. Over the past weeks, the service desk has gathered information for their Knowledgebase that will allow them to answer questions about the registration application and to address technical issues. In addition to these topics, the service desk may get policy or programmatic questions. To this end, the service desk has compiled basic, frequently asked questions to add to the knowledge base. In the event a caller needs information that is not available to the service desk, the service desk will create an excerpt of the ticket to forward to an agency point of contact (POC) for resolution. The agency may then respond directly to the caller or provide the information back to the service desk and they will respond to the caller.

For specific questions regarding ARRA Section 1512 requirements, please send an email to Recovery@omb.eop.gov. Please include "ARRA 1512 Recipient Question" in the subject line.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Recovery, Accountability, and Transparency Board have announced that webinars will be held the week of July 20, 2009 to provide information on implementing the guidance set forth in OMB Memorandum M-09-21, Implementing Guidance for the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, released on June 22, 2009. If you are unable to attend the sessions listed below, the webinars will be posted on the www.Recovery.gov website to view at your convenience.

The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) encourages its grantees receiving funding under the Recovery Act to participate in these webinars. Also, please note that DOJ/OVW and the Office on Justice Programs are developing a webinar that will address agency-specific issues related to Recovery Act reporting requirements. Further details on the DOJ sponsored webinar will be provided to our grantees in the near future.

Each OMB webinar will focus on a major section of the guidance and the technology solution for central reporting. To register for an OMB webinar session, please visit the Recovery Act website at www.recovery.gov/?q=node/658. Attendees are encouraged to register in advance for the live sessions as space will be limited.

If you missed any of the webinar sessions on implementing the guidance set forth in OMB Memorandum M-09-21 (Implementing Guidance for the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), you may view these OMB webinar audio sessions and training materials on the Recovery Act website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/Recovery/WebinarTrainingMaterials/.

The latest Recovery Act guidance FAQ's are now available on the White House website.

Topics include:
• Clarification on M-09-21 Recipient Reporting Guidance
• Guidance on Federal agency-specific jobs guidance and publication deadlines
• Technical Aspects of FederalReporting.gov
• Clarification on the M-09-18 Memo for covering State administrative costs
• General Recovery Act Clarification

DOJ Webinar on Section 1512 Reporting Requirements

If you or others in your organization were unable to attend DOJ's webinar on Section 1512 Reporting Requirements session, you can access the recorded version of webinar and supplemental materials:

1. Go to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/recovery/webinarpres.htm (handouts, including the presentation slides, are posted on this page)
2. To view/listen to the webinar, click on the “Join the Webinar” link
3. Click on the “DOJ Recovery Act Reporting” link

If we were unable to address your questions during the live session, DOJ will contact you directly or include answers in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) which will be posted in the next few days at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/recovery/recipientreporting.htm.

If you have additional questions, please contact your grant manager or email GMStier2support@ojp.usdoj.gov. Additionally, the webinar evaluation, http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2kmiar8Fzefqmqo/start, includes a place for you to submit additional questions for future FAQs.

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has added three additional financial management training seminars to the current 2009 schedule which will focus on the financial management and reporting requirements related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). These additional Recovery Act Financial Management Training Seminars are designed for recipients responsible for the financial administration of discretionary and/or formula grants awarded from Federal grant-in-aid programs administered by OVW. There is no registration fee; however, attendees are responsible for all costs associated with their participation in the seminar, including transportation, lodging, and meals.

OVW Recovery Act grantees are encouraged to attend. Please visit OJP's website for additional information, schedules, and registration: https://www.circlesolutions.com/ocfo-rfmts/recovery.cfm