ARRA Recipient Reporting

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ARRA Recipient Reporting

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• Jim Maras, Deputy Assistant Administrator Water
  and Environmental Programs, Rural Utilities
  Programs, USDA, Rural Development
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ARRA Recipient Reporting

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  (ARRA)
• Section 1512 covers Recipient Reporting

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Data Elements Reporting Data Entry and
Submission

• Who is required to report under the Recovery Act?
• Prime Recipient Non-Federal entities that
  receive Recovery Act funding as Federal awards in
  the form of grants, loans, or contracts
• Sub Recipients Non-Federal entities awarded
  Recovery funding through a legal instrument from
  the Prime Recipient to support the performance of
  any portion of the substantive project or program
  for which the Prime received the Recovery funding

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Data Elements Reporting Data Entry and
Submission

• Vendor is defined as a dealer, distributor,
  merchant, or other seller providing goods or
  services. Prime recipients or sub-recipients may
  purchase goods or services needed to carry out
  the project or program from vendors. Vendors are
  not awarded funds by the same means as
  sub-recipients and are not subject to the terms
  and conditions of the Federal financial
  assistance award.
• Reporting Data Submission Methods
• Online Data Entry
• Formatted Excel Spreadsheet
• XML Extract

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Data Elements Reporting Data Entry and
Submission

• Reporting based at the award level.
• Combination Loan and Grant projects must report
  for the Grant and for the Loan (2 reports)

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Business Context for In-bound Recipient Reporting
(FederalReporting.gov)
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In-bound Recipient Reporting (FederalReporting.gov
) Timeline and Activities
No less than 35 days prior to the end of the
quarter
90 days after end of Quarter
30 days after end of Quarter
1 10 days after end of Quarter
11 21 days after end of Quarter
22 29 days after end of Quarter
Agency Review of Data Submitted
Prime Recipients Subs Enter Draft Reporting
Data
Prime Recipients Review Data Submitted By Sub(s)
Recipient Reports Published on Recovery.gov
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Agency, Prime and Sub Recipient Registration
Next quarterly reporting cycle begins- updates
reflected cumulatively
Initial Submission
Prime Recipients Subs Make Corrections
Prime Recipients Subs Make Corrections
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3
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10 days after end of Quarter
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Agency View Only
Agency Comment Period
Recipient Report Adjustments Possible
Draft
Initial Submission
Final Submission
Published
Report Status
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Registration Data Elements

• Registration Pre-requisites
• Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number
• Applies to Prime Recipient and Sub Recipient
• A unique nine-character identification number
  provided by the commercial company Dun
  Bradstreet (DB).
• If you do not know your organizations DUNS or if
  your organization needs to register for one,
  visit the DB website at http//fedgov.dnb.com/we
  bform or call DB at 1-866-705 5711.

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Registration Data Elements

• Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
  Registration
• Prime Recipient must be registered with CCR
• If your organization is not registered in CCR or
  you do not know your organization's CCR
  registration status, go to the CCR website at
  https//www.bpn.gov/CCRSearch/Search.aspx
• CCR Registration Requirements http//www.ccr.gov/
  CCRPol.aspx.
• Email Address
• All registrants must have a valid email address
  to enter or submit ARRA reports on the
  FederalReporting.gov website.
• For Funding Federal Agencies - please use your
  email address assigned by your Federal Agencies.

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Registration Data Elements Agency User Input
Disclaimer Some Fictional Examples/Information
were included in this Presentation Briefing to
depict actual Recipient Reporting scenarios.
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Registration Data Elements Recipient User Input
Disclaimer Some Fictional Examples/Information
were included in this Presentation Briefing to
depict actual Recipient Reporting scenarios.