Re: Food Nutrition Funding Mike McCallister 11 Jul 2003 07:50 EST
Somebody at this sponsor has too much time and a bit of a control problem. SPanky At 07:00 AM 7/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I am interested in how other universities receiving funding under this >program have responded to the statement copied below. Even if you are >not receiving such funding, I am interested in how you would respond. >This appears to me to be an overly prescriptive requirement on how we >meet our time and effort reporting obligations. I would think that our >descriptions of these processes in our Disclosure Statements and/or >absence of effort reporting findings in our A-133 audit reports would be >sufficient (so far, these approaches have not been successful). Am I >wrong to think that what is sufficient for one federal agency should be >sufficient for other federal agencies? This is a note from a regional >office, but it is said to have originated from a ruling at the national >level. I appreciate any input you may offer publicly or in private. > >Thank you. > >Mike > > >Michael J. Warnock, Director >Office of Sponsored Program Administration >310 Jesse Hall >University of Missouri >Columbia, MO 65211 >voice 573 882-4329 >fax 573 884-4078 >xxxxxx@missouri.edu > > >-----Original Message----- >From: xxxxxx@FNS.USDA.GOV [mailto:xxxxxx@FNS.USDA.GOV] >Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 4:32 PM >To: xxxxxx@LISTSERV.UNL.EDU >Subject: FSNE Time and Effort > > >FILE: FS 10-6-2 GEN >_______________________ > > > The Mountain Plains Regional Office has received further >confirmation from the FNS National Office re: what will be accepted for >documentation of time and effort. A Policy Memo was issued to all States >on October 23, 2002 entitled, Use of Plan Confirmation for Time >Accounting in the FSP Nutrition Education Program. This Policy Memo >stated that FNS will accept the use of Plan Confirmation for documenting >time and effort for those colleges and universities that have an >approval from the Division of Cost Allocation. Colleges and >universities that do not have such an approval must utilize weekly time >sheets for all staff devoting less than 100% of their time to the food >stamp nutrition education project. Exceptions to this policy are those >sub-grantees who have Federally approved Random Moment Time Studies or >Federally approved Rolling Weekly Time Sheets. The use of After-the-Fact >Activity Records is not an acceptable method of time and effort >documentation. > > Currently, no states in the Mountain Plains Region have approved >Plan Confirmation methodology nor do any states have either of the >Federally approved exceptions as identified above. Therefore, Mountain >Plains is requesting that all State food stamp nutrition education >projects comply with FNS Policy and implement weekly time sheets >beginning May 1, 2003. Please verify back to the Regional Office that >such action has taken place. If there are questions or comments, Colleen >Bray can be contacted at (303) 844-0347 or by e-mail at >xxxxxx@fns.usda.gov. Thank you. > > >Colleen R. Bray >Food and Nutrition Service >1244 Speer Blvd >Denver, CO 80204-3585 >(303) 844-0347 > > >====================================================================== > 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") >====================================================================== Mike McCallister, Ph.D. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 South University Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 (o) 501-569-8474 (c) 501-590-5609 (f) 501-371-7614 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. . . . With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. --Ralph Waldo Emerson We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -- Joseph Campbell The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================