[Federal Register: June 13, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 115)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
14 CFR Part 1260
RIN 2700-AD40
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook--C.A.S.E. Reporting
and Property Delegations
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ACTION: Final Rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the NASA Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Handbook regulations to remove NASA Form 1356, Committee on
Academic Science and Engineering (C.A.S.E.) Report. This final rule
also makes an amendment to clarify the general preference for internal
administration of grants and cooperative agreements with no Government-
furnished property.
DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective June 13, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamiel C. Commodore, NASA, Office of
Procurement, Contract Management Division; (202) 358-0302; e-mail:
Jamiel.C.Commodore@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
The NASA Grant Handbook at Sec. 1260.75 requires grant officers to
complete the NASA Form 1356, Committee on Academic Science and
Engineering (C.A.S.E.) Report on College and University Projects. The
C.A.S.E. reports had once been the basis for reporting to the National
Science Foundation's Federal Science and Engineering Support Survey.
The information obtained on the C.A.S.E. reports is available through
other available systems and the NF 1356 has been eliminated. Therefore,
the requirement for grant officers to complete the form is removed.
The NASA Grant Handbook at Sec. 1260.70 requires that property
administration, in most cases, be delegated to the Office of Naval
Research (ONR) but it is not clear that the requirement applies to
grants that are initially awarded with Government-furnished property.
Consequently, many grants without property were unnecessarily being
delegated to ONR for administration.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
NASA certifies that this final rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities within the
meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.,
because the change affects only the internal operating procedure within
NASA.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply because this rule does
not impose any new recordkeeping or information collection
requirements, or collection of information from offerors, contractors,
or members of the public that require the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 1260
Grant programs--science and technology.
James A. Balinskas,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Procurement.
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Accordingly, 14 CFR part 1260 is amended as follows:
PART 1260--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 1260 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(1), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat. 1003
(31 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.), and OMB Circular A-110.
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2. Amend Sec. 1260.3 by revising the definition for ``progress
report'' in paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 1260.3 Definitions.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
Progress report means a concise statement of work accomplished
during the report period (see Sec. Sec. 1260.22 and 1260.75(a)(3)).
* * * * *
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3. Amend Sec. 1260.70 by revising paragraphs (a) and (c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 1260.70 Delegation of administration.
(a) If a grant or a cooperative agreement is awarded with
Government-furnished property, administration should be delegated to
the Office of Naval Research (ONR). If a grant or cooperative agreement
has no Government-furnished property, administration will normally be
performed by the issuing Center or by the NASA Shared Service Center
(NSSC). However, the grant officer or the NSSC grant administrator has
the option to delegate administration to ONR and should do so when
exceptional administrative issues are anticipated. Other administration
duties may be assigned as listed on NF 1674. Exceptions to this policy
are:
(1) Training grants will not be delegated.
(2) Grants of short duration (9 months or less) or low dollar value
($50k or less) will normally not be delegated.
(3) Grant officers may waive specific administration requirements
(as listed on NF 1674) in exceptional circumstances for individual
grants. Exceptions to administration duties that are normally delegated
must be justified and approved in writing by the Grant Officer, and
made part of the file.
(4) Waiver of delegation of property administration duties that are
to be instituted by a center as a standard practice constitutes a
deviation to this handbook, and requires approval in accordance with
Sec. 1260.7.
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(c) Upon acceptance of a delegation, ONR agrees to the following:
ONR shall follow DoD property administration policies and procedures,
plus the following NASA requirements:
(1) The recipient shall maintain property records and manage
nonexpendable personal property in accordance with 14 CFR 1260.134.
During Property Control System Analyses (PCSA), ONR will check the
recipient's understanding and test compliance of property management
requirements, including the accuracy of recipient property reports. ONR
will provide one copy of each PCSA Report to the appropriate NASA
center industrial property officer.
(2) ONR will investigate and notify NASA as appropriate for any
unauthorized property acquisitions by the recipient. See the provision
at Sec. 1260.27.
(3) ONR will notify the cognizant grant officer and industrial
policy officer when property is lost, damaged or destroyed.
(4) Under no circumstances will Government property be disposed
without instructions from NASA.
(5) Prior to disposition, except when returned to NASA or
reutilized on other NASA programs, ONR will ensure all NASA
identifications are removed or obliterated from property, and hard
drives of computers are cleared of sensitive or NASA owned/licensed
software/data.
Sec. 1260.75 [Amended]
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4. Amend Sec. 1260.75 by removing paragraph (a) and redesignating
paragraphs (b) through (d) as (a) through (c).
[FR Doc. E8-12419 Filed 6-12-08; 8:45 am]
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