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Agency Summary
National Science Foundation



Financial Status

Weekly Progress
Source: Agency Financial and Activity Report
as of 2009-05-14
Financial and Activity Report

Report Date: 2009-05-08View History

 Financial Status:
  • Total Available: $0
  • Total Paid Out: $0
 Major Actions Taken to Date:
  • Feb. 13th: Dr. Cora B. Marrett has been designated as NSF's Senior Accountable Official for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
  • Feb 20th: Unique Treasury appropriation fund symbols (TAFS) have been established to distinguish Recovery Act spending from other spending.
  • Feb. 20th: NSF submitted apportionment requests totaling $3 Billion to OMB on Friday
  • Feb. 24th: NSF agrees that it will not be necessary to enter into interagency agreements in order to execute the terms of the Recovery Act.
  • Feb. 25th: NSF's Recovery Act Home page has been created at http://nsf.gov/recovery/
  • Mar. 16th: NSF received CFDA number for Recovery Act Funding
  • March 18: NSF issued Important Notice 131 to presidents of universities and colleges and heads of other NSF awardee organizations to communicate key elements of NSF's implementation of the Recovery Act.
  • March 18: Dr. Arden L. Bement and Dr. Cora B. Marrett issued a staff memorandum to communicate the key elements of NSF's implementation of the Recovery Act and to transmit NSF's policies and procedures document for implementing the Recovery Act.
  • April 17: NSF transmitted a Current Plan to Congressional Appropriators as required by the Act.
  • May 8: Congressional Appropriators approve NSF's Current Plan for Recovery Act funds.
 Major Planned Actions:
  • NSF is working to ensure all Recovery Act funds are separate from non-Recovery Act funds in financial, grant writing, contract writing, and reporting systems.
  • NSF is identifying opportunities to streamline data collection and help alleviate the reporting burden on recipients of Recovery Act funds.

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