[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 32CFR21.440]



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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

 

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

 

PART 21_DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS_GENERAL MATTERS--Table of Contents

 

Subpart D_Authorities and Responsibilities for Making and Administering 

                            Assistance Awards

 

Sec.  21.440  What are the standards for selecting and appointing grants 

officers and agreements officers?



    In selecting grants officers and agreements officers, DoD Components 

must use the following minimum standards:

    (a) In selecting a grants officer, the appointing official must 

judge whether the candidate has the necessary experience, training, 

education, business acumen, judgment, and knowledge of assistance 

instruments and contracts to function effectively as a grants officer. 

The appointing official also must take those attributes of the candidate 

into account when deciding the complexity and dollar value of the grants 

and cooperative agreements to be assigned.

    (b) In selecting an agreements officer, the appointing official must 

consider all of the same factors as in paragraph (a) of this section. In 

addition, the appointing official must consider the candidate's ability 

to function in the less structured environment of technology investment 

agreements, where the rules provide more latitude and the individual 

must have a greater capacity for exercising judgment. Agreements 

officers therefore should be individuals who have demonstrated expertise 

in executing complex assistance and acquisition instruments.