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NEA - Financial and Activity Report
National Endowment for the Arts
Report Date: 2009-04-10View History

 Financial Status:
  • Total Available: $1,250
  • Total Paid Out: $0
 Major Actions Taken to Date:
  • Recovery section approved by OMB and posted on NEA site
  • Agency-wide plan approved by OMB
  • Paperwork Reduction Act clearance received from OMB
  • Apportionment submitted/approved
  • Application guidelines developed
  • Potential applicants identified
  • Potential panelists identified
  • Intra-agency working group established
  • Weekly meeting of working group initiated
  • Recovery Act press release approved and posted
  • Panel review process finalized
  • Agency-wide meeting held to orient staff
  • Application guidelines posted on NEA Web site and synopses and application packages posted on Grants.gov
  • Potential applicants notified
  • Accounting codes established
  • Reviewed/commented on draft OMB reporting requirements
  • Agency-wide plan submitted to Congress and posted on NEA site
  • Grants.gov contingency of operations plan submitted to OMB
  • Applications for state arts agencies and regional arts organizations received
  • Potential panelists recruited for review of applications from nonprofit organizations for direct grants
  • Implemented technology solution for review of applications from nonprofit organizations for direct grants
  • Processed applications for state arts agencies and regional arts organizations and mailed material to panelists
  • Allocated staffing resources to work on the processing of applications from nonprofit organizations for direct grants
  • Conducted panel and National Council on the Arts review for applications from state arts agencies and regional arts organizations
  • Approved applications from state arts agencies and regional arts organizations
  • Notified Congress about grants to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations
  • Press release about grants to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations approved and posted
  • Received applications from nonprofit organizations for direct grants
 Major Planned Actions:
  • Complete matrix for tracking actions to implement Act
  • Complete agency-wide calendar to implement Act
  • Recruit for Inspector General office position
  • Continue exploring alternatives to Grants.gov
  • Develop award and post-award materials
  • Develop program-specific plan for OMB and Congress
  • Develop agency-specific reporting requirements and mechanisms
  • Select reviewers for applications from nonprofit organizations for direct grants and send material
  • Make awards to state arts agencies and regional arts organizations

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