>Cynthia,
>
>I don't have a great deal of experience with charging for computer use but I
>can tell you one thing for sure - it's cumbersome and costly to manage.
>
>The most important thing to deal with is the fact that if you charge the
>federal government, you must charge anyone and everyone who uses your
>computers.  The government gets the lowest rate so if anyone is not charged,
>the lowest rate is zero....
>
>Ruth Tallman
>Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
>Lehigh University
>Phone: 610-758-3024
>
>
According to Ruth Tallman, you must charge the feds your lowest computer use
fee.    Is this true for other charges?  In particular I am interested in
indirect costs.  A couple years ago I read in an issue of Federal Grants and
Contracts Weekly that universities must charge industry their federally
negotiated indirect costs.  I, of course, have not been able to locate that
issue of FGCW again.

If it is the case that the feds can be charged only the lowest rate on
computer fees, indirect and possibly others, where is this regulation found?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Becky

Becky Hayes Patterson
Office of Research
University of Southwestern Louisiana
P.O. Box 43610
Lafayette, LA  70504-3610

xxxxxx@usl.edu