Proposed Rules. Advance notice of proposed guidance; extension of comment period

Agency: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Action: Advance notice of proposed guidance; extension of comment period
Citation: 77 FR (No. 58) · FR Doc. 2012-7056

Summary

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is extending the comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance on Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; cost principles and administrative requirements (including Single Audit Act). The original comment period was scheduled to end on March 29, 2012. With this document, OMB is extending the time period in which to provide public comments until April 30, 2012. This will allow interested parties additional time to analyze the issues and prepare their comments.

Dates

To be assured of consideration, comments must be received by OMB at one of the addresses provided below, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (E.S.T) on April 30, 2012.

Supplementary Information

OMB is extending the comment period for its advance notice of proposed guidance, which published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2012, at 77 FR 11178. The original comment period was scheduled to end on March 29, 2012, and this document extends it to April 30, 2012. Copies of the OMB Circulars that are discussed in this notice are available on OMB's Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_default/. Circulars A-110, A-21, A-87, and A-122 are also available at 2 CFR at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfrv1_02.tpl. The Cost Principles for Hospitals are in the regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services at 45 CFR part 75, appendix E ( Principles for Determining Costs Applicable to Research and Development Under Grants and Contracts with Hospitals ), at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title45-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title45-vol1.pdf. Daniel I. Werfel, Controller. [FR Doc. 2012-7056 Filed 3-22-12; 11:15 am]