November 7, 2003

Memorandum

To: Solicitor

Inspector General

Assistant Secretaries

Bureau and Office Heads

From: Nina Rose Hatfield **/signed/**

Deputy Assistant Secretary -- Budget and Finance

Subject: **FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (GRANTS): GRANTS.GOV FIND**

> **AND STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENT FORMAT -FINAL**

**POLICY**

Interim Grants.govFIND policy was issued Departmentwide by memorandum
dated

September 15, 2003. The attached final Grants.govFIND policy supersedes
the previously issued interim policy.

Grants.gov FIND is the single point of entry for Federal government
grant and assistance opportunities. It is authorized under the Federal
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, Public Law
106-107, and the E-Gov initiative of the President's Management Agenda.
The purpose of the Grants.gov FIND module is to provide potential
applicants with:

1.  Enough information about any funding opportunity to decide whether
    they are interested in viewing the full announcement;

2.  Information on one or more ways to obtain the full announcement
    (e.g., an Internet site, e-mail address or telephone number); and

3.  One common Web site for all Federal financial assistance
    opportunities searchable by key word, date, Catalog of Federal
    Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number or specific agency name.

As of October 1, 2003, all Federal grant-making agencies were required
to participate in this significant endeavor. Applicants may access
Grants.gov where they may find announcement information and apply for
assistance electronically. Bureaus may continue to provide announcement
information through other avenues as appropriate, but must also provide
information through Grants.gov FIND in the proper format. For your
convenience, the updated Grants.gov FIND User Guide and Federal Register
notices are attached. The use of Grants.gov FIND for mandatory program
announcements is optional, but encouraged.

Changes from the interim policy dated September 15, 2003, include:

1.  The URL for Grants.gov FIND has changed from
    [www.FedGrants.gov](http://www.FedGrants.gov/) to
    [www.Grants.gov](http://www.Grants.gov/);

2.  Bureaus/offices may either post the full announcement on their web
    site and provide a URL link from the Grants.gov FIND synopsis; post
    the full announcement on Grants.gov FIND; or do both;

3.  The exceptions for announcing a grant or cooperative agreement
    program in Grants.gov FIND have been clarified and changed; and

4.  Guidance for programs that are not required to have a Catalog of
    Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number.

A revised Grants.govFIND Standard Format and Data Elements Policy Guide,
based on the Controller, Office of Management and Budget's memorandum to
the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies regarding the standard
format and data elements for use with Grants.govFIND is provided in
Appendix A.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact Debra
Sonderman, Director, Office of Acquisition and Property Management (PAM)
on 202-208-6352. Members of your staff may contact Tammy Pataluna, PAM,
on 202-208-4080.

Attachments

cc: Executive Steering Committee

P.L. 106-107 Initiatives Work Group

IFAWG Members

Bcc: PAMrdg/subjfile:10/28/03(O:Post-Cert/Pataluna/GrantsgovFIND Final
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