it's all those oreos at snacktime. susan Mike McCallister wrote: > 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. 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