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Date:          Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:44:33 -0500
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Subject:       Shutdown of the National Science Foundation

 This message is to notify National Science Foundation awardees that
 the NSF is currently in shutdown status.   The previously posted
 guidance entitled, "Guidance for NSF Grantees, Contractors and Other
 Awardees in the Event of an NSF Shutdown," now applies.

 For your convenience, we have repeated this message below.  NSF will
 provide additional information when this shutdown status changes.

 Jean Feldman
 National Science Foundation
 Division of Contracts, Policy & Oversight
 Policy Office

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 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.