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. Bray
> >Food and Nutrition Service
> >1244 Speer Blvd
> >Denver, CO  80204-3585
> >(303) 844-0347
> >
> >
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> Mike McCallister, Ph.D.
> Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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