Department of Defense August 19, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This final rule is the second of a sequence of six final rules in this issue of the Federal Register that collectively establish for DoD grants and cooperative agreements an updated interim implementation of Government wide guidance on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal awards and make other needed updates to the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). This rule adds a new DoDGARs part to establish a standard format for organizing the content of DoD Components' awards of grants and cooperative agreements and modifications to them.

This final rule is the third in a sequence of six final rules this issue of the Federal Register that update the Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). This final rule adds seven new DoDGARs parts to address the administrative requirements included in general terms and conditions of DoD cost-type grants and cooperative agreements awarded to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes. The administrative requirements are in areas such as financial and program management; property administration; recipient procurement procedures; financial, programmatic, and property reporting; and subawards. These new parts establish a uniform way for DoD Components' awarding offices to organize the administrative requirements in their general terms and conditions, and provide standard wording for those terms and conditions, with associated regulatory prescriptions for DoD Components to provide latitude to vary from the standard wording where variation is appropriate.

This rule is the fourth of a sequence of six final rules published in this issue of the Federal Register. This final rule adds a new Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs) part to establish a consistent way for DoD Components to organize the portion of their general terms and conditions covering national policy requirements, such as nondiscrimination, environmental protection, and live organisms. It also provides standard wording of terms and conditions for national policy requirements that apply generally to DoD programs and awards.