Deb,

This is what the Texas Governor’s Office has issued in response to EO12372.  Maybe it will help. 

Best,

Allison

Allison Rasp

Grants Officer - Office of Sponsored Programs

St. Edward's University - 3001 South Congress Avenue - Austin, Texas 78704-6489

512-448-8603 - fax 512-233-1682

www.stedwards.edu/sponsoredprograms

Please note that this email account is no longer monitored by the Office of the Governor; therefore, if you are requesting information other than what is below you can call the OOG Information Line at (512) 463-1782 or the OOG Main Line at (512) 463-2000.

The Office of the Governor, State Grants Team Division

The State Grants Team is no longer a division within the Office of the Governor.  The duties and responsibilities of this division have either been eliminated or assigned to other agency staff.  Below is the status of some specific responsibilities previously handled by this division.

State Application Identifier (SAI) Numbers and the Intergovernmental Review Process under Executive Order 12372

The Office of the Governor (OOG) is no longer participating in the intergovernmental review process under Executive Order (EO) 12372 signed by President Reagan in 1982.  As a result, the federal Office of Management and Budget has removed Texas from their list of states that have a state single point of contact for intergovernmental review.  This means that applications for funding are no longer subject to review under EO 12372.

In addition, the OOG repealed the Texas Administrative Code provisions relating to the Texas Review and Comment System (TRACS).  TRACS was designed to be a system where information related to grant funding and other activities could be shared with federal, state, and local governments and those agencies could provide input on the proposed funding or activity.  This system also assigned State Application Identifier (SAI) numbers to funding requests for tracking purposes.  Since TRACS is no longer in operation and Texas is no longer participating in the intergovernmental review process, SAI numbers will no longer be assigned to applications for funding.  As stated in the repeal, "TRACS is no longer necessary or efficient in light of current advancements in technology."  The posting in the Texas Register that shows the OOG's repeal of the TRACS provisions and the OOG's justification for doing so can be found at:  http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/currview/0325adop.pdf.

Uniform Grant Management Standards (UGMS)

A copy of UGMS can be found by going to the Office of the Governor website at http://governor.state.tx.us.  Under the Search option in the top right corner type in 'UGMS' then click the Search button.

Quarterly and Annual Federal Funds Reporting

Sec. 772.009 of the Texas Government Code requires that state agencies have a federal funds coordinator responsible for reporting to the Office of the Governor, on a quarterly and annual basis, the federal grants for which the agency has applied.  Information and instructions on where to submit the Quarterly or Annual Federal Funds Reports can be obtained by calling the Office of the Governor, Budget, Planning and Policy Division's main number at (512) 463-1778.

WE are currently working on an award with EPA.  The CFDA is subject to EO 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs).  The two states involved in the research (Oklahoma and Texas) are neither one on the OMB list of Intergovernmental Review (SPOC list) -    http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_spoc

EPA is asking us to have the research reviewed in accordance with EO 12372.  Our understanding is that each state may choose to participate in the SPOC review or not.  If not, (according to the OMB site):

States that are not listed on this page have chosen not to participate in the intergovernmental review process, and therefore do not have a SPOC. If you are located within a State that does not have a SPOC, you may send application materials directly to a Federal awarding agency.

We have argued that we do not have to have this review conducted but the EPA region we are dealing with indicates that if it is subject to EO 12372, we are required to have it done.  The State of Texas has even recently passed legislation to eliminate this review process:  http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/html/2011/mar-25/adopted/1.ADMINISTRATION.html

Have any of you had this issue come up and, if so, how was it resolved?  Any comments you could provide would be helpful. 

Thanks,

Deb

Debbie Newton

Director of Pre-Award Services

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

The University of Tulsa

800 S. Tucker Drive

Tulsa, OK  74104

918-631-2192

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