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
>>
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