For those institutions who have decided to treat non-Federal funding
differently from Federal funding (technical non-compliance), how do you
plan to monitor the projects to ensure that no charges are made to Federal
funds which would otherwise be unallowable or non-compliant.  Our
accounting system has attributes to indicate whether funds are Federal,
Federal flow-through or non-Federal.  The responsibility for ensuring
appropriate expending of funds lies with the Investigator and his or her
respective department and dean.

I have reviewed the policies of several institutions from the web, however,
policy and practice are sometimes not easily reconciled (hence the CAS
disclosure and audit requirements).  Risk of exposure due to inconsistent
treatment of costs is a concern, however, reduction of unnecessary burden
on the Faculty and Staff is also extremely important.  Any procedural input
(both pre- and post-award)  you can give is appreciated.  If you wish to
respond to me directly, my e-mail address is listed below.  Thank you.

PS.  This message will be forwarded to the SECA-L listerv as well.  I
apologize in advance for duplicate mailings to those of us on both.  The
resource is just too rich to risk missing one individual.

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Martha M. Taylor,   Director               (334) 844-4438
Contracts and Grants Administration         FAX (334) 844-5953
310 Samford Hall
Auburn University,  AL  36849-5131
xxxxxx@mail.auburn.edu