Jean Feldman in the NSF Grants Policy Office asked me to re-post this
message to this list.

Lou Pellegrino
Purdue Research Foundation

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Date:          Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:13:00 -0400
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Subject:       Guidance for NSF Awardees in the Event of a Shutdown

 GUIDANCE FOR NSF GRANTEES, CONTRACTORS AND OTHER AWARDEES IN THE
 EVENT OF AN NSF SHUTDOWN

 1.      Awardees (grantees, recipients of cooperative agreements, contractors,
 etc. - EXCEPT those working on-site at NSF) should continue performance under
 their NSF awards during any NSF shutdown period to the extent funds are
 available under their awards.  (This should apply to over 95% of NSF awards.)

 2.      Payments by NSF to its awardees are expected to continue to be made,
 using normal procedures, during any NSF shutdown period to the extent funds
 are available under NSF awards.

 3.      Contractors who DO NOT have sufficient funds to continue operations
 during any NSF shutdown period should notify their cognizant Contracting
 Officer as soon as this is known. Continuation of any activity in the absence
 of additional funding will be solely at their own risk.

 4.      Other awardees (grantees, recipients of cooperative agreements, etc.)
 who DO NOT have funds available under their awards to continue activities
 during any NSF shutdown period also are cautioned that continuation of
 performance under their NSF awards is at the awardees own risk.  It is
 expected that after any NSF shutdown is over, NSF will obligate funds to those
 awards that would have otherwise been funded.  NSF cannot now authorize costs
 exceeding available award amounts nor obligate the NSF to cover such costs.

 EXCEPTION:  Awardees undertaking or providing services or activities involving
 the safety of human life or the protection of U.S. Government property, are
 authorized to continue those limited functions necessary to meet those
 responsibilities. NSF will obligate funds to cover those reasonable costs
 after any NSF shutdown period is over.

 5.      Contractors, IPAs and others working on-site at NSF have been or will
 be provided with other specific guidance.

 6.      Questions related to this guidance should be directed to NSF's
 Division of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Contracts, Policy &
 Oversight, as appropriate.