I've been using version 1.4 both last week and this week. I don't believe it has to do with the template you use. Shannon Fisher wrote: > I just got the same message also on two files I tried to validate this > morning - and I am using v1.5 of the Grant template. I did not get > this message on the v1.3 templates I pre-filled and submitted last > Friday. Must be something going on with the newer versions, just > wonder if it was intentional on the feds part, or not! > > Conrad, Susan wrote: >> I experienced exactly the same thing with a couple of submissions this >> morning. Just got done with a live chat with FederalReporting.gov and >> their suggestion, which works, was to use 'NA' in the field. We are >> using v1.4 of the Grant template. >> >> Susan F. Conrad, Ph.D., CRA >> Associate Director, Grants and Contracts >> Office of Sponsored Programs >> The Ohio State University >> 1960 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1016 >> Phone 614-292-8906/Fax 614-292-4315 >> xxxxxx@osu.edu >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On >> Behalf Of Cindy Fuqua >> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:12 AM >> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org >> Subject: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- validation error message >> >> Hi all, >> >> I just submitted a validation request (Excel spreadsheet) on >> Federalreporting.gov and got the following error: 1st Quarterly >> Report.xls: failed on validation as follows 1, Error Code: >> VALUE_REQUIRED, Error Message: Infrastructure Purpose and >> Rationale is required. This field was left blank (not applicable) on all >> the reports I submitted yesterday and I did not get an error message >> upon validation. Has anyone else experienced this? >> >> Cindy Fuqua >> Manager, Administrative Post-Award >> Office of Sponsored Research and Program Development >> The Rockefeller University >> 1230 York Avenue, Box 82 >> New York, NY 10065 >> p: 212-327-8055 >> f: 212-327-8400 >> e: xxxxxx@rockefeller.edu >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On >> Behalf Of Lesley Zajac >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:48 PM >> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org >> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded >> Sept 38-30? >> >> I would say it is not fully created until it is actually filled >> >> Lesley S. Zajac >> Director, Research Administration >> Jaeb Center for Health Research >> 15310 Amberly Drive, Ste 350 >> Tampa, FL 33647 >> Tel: 813.975.8690 >> Fax: 813.975.8761 >> email: xxxxxx@jaeb.org >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On >> Behalf Of Carolyn Elliott-Farino >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:33 PM >> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org >> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded >> Sept 38-30? >> >> Thanks. One more question, that I thought I had resolved: I was >> interpreting job creation to be when a person was actually hired, but we >> have a PI who says her grant has created x of this, y of that, etc., and >> they haven't all been hired. Technically, the jobs have been created; >> they >> just haven't been filled yet. How are you handling this? Once the job is >> actually filled are you calling it created/retained? I still think >> that's >> the correct way to go. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Lesley Zajac >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:56 PM >> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org >> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded >> Sept 38-30? >> >> I had an ARRA awarded on 9/30/09 and I sent in a report showing zero >> expenditures, zero vendors, zero subcontracts etc., but with all the >> other information filled in. It passed validation, and I have not had >> any communication other than the confirmation. >> >> Lesley S. Zajac >> Director, Research Administration >> Jaeb Center for Health Research >> 15310 Amberly Drive, Ste 350 >> Tampa, FL 33647 >> Tel: 813.975.8690 >> Fax: 813.975.8761 >> email: xxxxxx@jaeb.org >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On >> Behalf Of Carolyn Elliott-Farino >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:42 PM >> To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org >> Subject: [RESADM-L] ARRA Reporting- are you including grants awarded >> Sept 38-30? >> >> I thought this was a very straightforward no, because we have had no >> expenditures on a couple of supplements awarded last week, but NIH is >> probably going to want to account for money obligated by the 30th, so >> now >> I'm not sure. We can put zeros for jobs created/retained, $0 spent, but >> fill in all the other information, which we'll have to do for the >> January >> report. Needless to say, I'd much prefer not to worry about these late >> arrivals for this report. Are you including grants awarded last week, >> even >> the week before that, if there haven't been any expenditures? Although >> the >> agency may send us an award notice, it takes us a couple of days to set >> up >> the grant account, and then a few days for the PI to get rolling. >> >> Is the cut-off date indeed Sept. 30 for grants awarded? >> >> Thanking you in advance for your wisdom. >> >> Carolyn >> >> ====================================================================== >> 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") >> ====================================================================== >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> 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") >> ====================================================================== >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> 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") >> ====================================================================== >> > ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================