We will continue to spend on the programs already awarded.  We will separate
the cash process from the award process even if it means we have to float
the government a non-interest bearing loan.

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With the government shut down, I'd like to get some feedback on what other
Universities are doing concerning spending.  I tried to draw down some
funds
from Dept. of Ed. yesterday and got a recording that funds were unavailable
during the shut down.  I haven't tried yet today to draw down from other
agencies, so I don't know who else is freezing their funds.  My quess would
be
that they all are.  What is happening on your campuses?

Karen DeMonte
Manager, Billing and Collections
Office of Vice Provost for Research
University of Delaware
xxxxxx@MVS.UDEL.EDU

P.S.  Thanks for all the good info. from those I met at the NCURA meeting.

Charlie Tardivo
Director of Grant Administration and Accounting Operations
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge  MA  02142
phone: (617) 258-5107
fax:  (617) 258-6294
e-mail: xxxxxx@wi.mit.edu