Department of Housing and Urban Development August 9, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On March 21, 2005, HUD published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Notice of Funding Availability, Policy Requirements and General Section to the SuperNOFA for HUD's Discretionary Programs (SuperNOFA). The FY2005 SuperNOFA announced that, for the first time and consistent with the Administration's Electronic Government (E-Government) Initiative, applicants for HUD funding would be required to submit their applications electronically through the governmentwide grant portal, Grants.gov. While to date, the majority of applicants have been submitting successfully their applications electronically through Grants.gov, other applicants were found to have experienced difficulties with electronic submission to such an extent that they were unable to successfully submit their applications. This notice announces that HUD is taking action to respond to these concerns and is conducting a quality assurance review to identify applicants that correctly followed all electronic application submission procedures, including registration for electronic submission, but were unable to submit an application because of technological problems. This notice provides HUD's review procedures as well as outlines the application submission procedures an applicant may follow if HUD determines that the applicant complied with all electronic submission requirements of the FY2005 SuperNOFA but was unable to submit an application because of technological difficulties. If HUD makes this determination, the applicant will be contacted by HUD and invited to submit a paper application.