Guam State Clearinghouse - “Latest News”

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled a new feature on Grants.gov to help users find and apply for The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant opportunities. Grants.gov contains information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs.
The launch of this Recovery Act feature on the homepage of Grants.gov will direct users to [...]

The Performance Progress Report (PPR) is a new report form designed to replace and consolidate over 1000 performance report forms in use by the federal agencies. The PPR form becomes the standardized, government-wide performance progress reporting format that will be used by Federal agencies to collect performance information from recipients of Federal funds awarded [...]

Federal assistance recipients will soon be using new standard forms to report on financial status and grant-acquired property.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed federal agencies to begin using the new Federal Financial Report (SF-425) as soon as possible, but no later than October 2009. This form replaces the existing SF-269, SF-269A, SF-272 [...]

Pursuant to the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) and FFATA (Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act) federal regulations, all subgrantees or subcontractors receiving federal grant awards or contracts in excess of $25,000 must have a DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) Number and be registered with the CCR (Central Contractor Registration).
The first widespread implementation of [...]

The Performance Progress Report (PPR) is a standard, government-wide performance progress reporting format used by Federal agencies to collect performance information from recipients of Federal funds awarded under all Federal programs that exceed $100,000 or more per project/grant period, excluding those that support research. General instructions for completing the PPR are contained below. Some federal [...]

The Guam State Clearinghouse (GSC) is a Bureau of the Government of Guam responsible in overseeing the health of Guam’s federal programs. Its mandate clearly articulates that the Clearinghouse oversees, identifies, analyzes and tracks the process of obtaining and receiving sources of Federal funding; and, ensures that the relationship between Federal and local administering [...]

Governor Felix P. Camacho tasked the Bureau of Budget and Management Research (BBMR) to lead the Government of Guam’s implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17th, 2009.
“We have a short window of time to bring together our [...]

The Guam State Clearinghouse issued GSC Circular 2009-001 requiring government of Guam instrumentalities with active federal programs to file with the Clearinghouse specific documents originating from the agency or by the grantor, that establishes, changes, modifies or alters federal funding levels or program requirements. In accordance with §2101 and §22305 of Title 5 GCA, [...]

In accordance with §2101 and §22305 of Title 5 GCA, the Guam State Clearinghouse advises government of Guam agencies and instrumentalities that grant awards, contracts, agreements, extentions, reprogramming, sanctions, legal instruments, documents or notices, that affect a federal program’s funding level, must be filed and recorded at the Guam State Clearinghouse. Documents are to be [...]

The Guam State Clearinghouse advises government of Guam agencies and instrumentalities that the approved indirect cost rate shall be used for all grants, contracts and other agreements with the federal government. Grant applicants must include, in their budget, provisions for indirect costs allowing the local government to recoup indirect expenditures for centralized services.
After October [...]

Acting Governor Michael W. Cruz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Risk Management Service Director Philip Maestri requesting for the prompt review and processing of the Guam Public School System’s consolidated grant application.
Earlier this month, U.S. DOE informed Governor Felix Camacho and the public school system that there could be a possible suspension [...]

The Guam State Clearinghouse (GSC) launched a government-wide assessment of federal grants and projects requesting agencies and other instrumentalities of the government of Guam to identify specific areas in grants management where employees may require additional training and support. With the assistance of local, federal and non-profit facilitators, the GSC anticipates offering additional training opportunities [...]

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is consolidating and replacing four existing financial reporting forms (SF-269, SF-269A, SF-272 and SF-272A) with a new single Federal Financial Report (FFR), to give recipients of grants and cooperative agreements a standard format for reporting the financial status of their awards.
OMB published a final request for [...]

The Guam State Clearinghouse recently issued Circular 2008-01, which created the Hospital Development and Accreditation Working Group. According to the circular, the purpose of the working group is to assist the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority in the research, review and application of federally funded opportunities, programs and grants that will improve, develop, expand, augment [...]

The Guam State Clearinghouse’s Notification of Intent to Apply for Federal Assistance form was recently updated and is now available to all departments, agencies and organizations applying for, or interested in applying for, federal assistance. All department, agency and organization heads are advised to please use the updated form when submitting grant applications [...]