Re: Consequences of Delinquent Reports Hawk, Pat 25 Jul 2000 13:32 EST
Okay, I'm writing for a "friend at another institution." You've hit some of highlights below, but keep in mind that those reporting requirements are terms and conditions of the agreement, so if one is not meeting the terms and conditions of the agreement, you've already mentioned some repercussions from that, but there are others. The sponsor can "annul" the agreement (I believe that's the term they used when I was working at EPA), which of course means the agreement never existed, which means your institution has to refund any monies spent. Another potential "bad thing" is the sponsor (federal in this case of course) can declare your institution (not just the PI) ineligible to receive further funding from their agency if delinquent reports weren't submitted. The second part of the being declared ineligible is that they would also turn the grant file over to their Inspector General's office to determine if their agency should seek recovery of grant funds that have already been provided. Then of course, there's the excellent potential of being "written up" in your A-133 audit for failing to submit reports per the terms of the agreement, which means your institution has to respond to the audit finding and provide a corrective action plan. You ought to check out the Section in A-110 on Termination and Enforcement--you'll find it after the section of record retention. You'll see that each agency can devise its own little plan for dealing with recipients with a history of poor performance. Hope this helps. Pat Patricia A. Hawk Sponsored Projects Administrator 5219 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-5219 tel: 541/346-2504 fax: 541/346-5138 e-mail: xxxxxx@orsa.uoregon.edu -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Krell [mailto:xxxxxx@IIT.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 10:57 AM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: Consequences of Delinquent Reports Okay, so just what *are* all the consequences of delinquent reports to sponsors? I have a few ideas (triggering an audit; bad relations with sponsor etc), but I'm writing an article for our research newsletter and would love to hear from the group (Your institution will not be named in the article). Please reply either to the list or to me on the side (xxxxxx@iit.edu). Horror stories welcome! Thanks. -Glenn ======================= Glenn Krell Director, Research Proposal Development Illinois Institute of Technology 3300 South Federal Street, M/B 301 Chicago, Illinois 60616 312-567-7141 (voice) 312-567-7517 (fax) email: xxxxxx@iit.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================