[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR21.440]

[Page 66]
 
                       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.