Folks:  Jean Feldman of the NSF Policy Office has asked me to post
this **REVISED** NSF Shutdown notice to this list.

Happy Holidays,
Lou Pellegrino
Purdue Research Foundation

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Date:          Fri, 22 Dec 1995 11:43:31 -0500
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Subject:       Revised NSF Shutdown Guidance for Awardees

 As of December 22, 1995, the National Science Foundation remains in
 shutdown status.   NSF has received REVISED guidance from OMB which
 permits NSF to make payments to awardees during the shutdown period to
 the extent funds are available under their awards. Thus, the following
 revised "Guidance for NSF Grantees, Contractors and Other Awardees in
 the Event of an NSF Shutdown," now applies and is included below.

 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.

 2.      Effective December 22, 1995, NSF will process cash requests
 from awardees to the extent funds are available under their awards.
 Awardees may begin sending these requests using their normal request
 method: either e-mail, fax, FastLane or postal mail.

 3.      Other awardees who DO NOT have funds available under their
 awards to continue activities during any NSF shutdown period are
 cautioned that continuation of performance under their NSF awards is
 at their own risk.  NSF cannot now authorize costs exceeding available
 award amounts nor obligate the Government to cover such costs. It is
 expected that after any NSF shutdown is over, NSF will obligate funds
 to those awards that would have otherwise been funded (e.g. continuing
 grant increments).

 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.

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

 5.     A hot-line update message on the NSF shutdown status will be
 available on 1-800-941-0450.  This message will be updated as new
 information becomes available.  Effective December 26, 1995,
 questions related to this guidance may be directed to NSF's Division
 of Grants and Agreements or the Division of Contracts, Policy &
 Oversight, as appropriate.