Guidance for Grants and Agreements

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Office of Management and Budget 2 CFR Parts 1, 25, 175, 180, 182, 183, 184, 200 ( printed page 69390) AGENCY: Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget. ACTION: Proposed rule; notification of proposed guidance. SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. This proposed revision reflects comments received from Federal agencies and those received in response to the OMB Notice of Request for Information published in the Federal Register in February 2023. In response to Federal agency and public input, OMB is proposing revisions intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB proposes both policy changes and clarifications to existing guidance including plain language revisions. OMB also proposes to update the guidance to reflect recent OMB priorities related to Federal financial assistance. Finally, OMB is proposing revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance. DATES: OMB invites interested persons and organizations to submit comments on or before December 4, 2023. ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposal must be submitted electronically before the comment closing date to www.regulations.gov . In submitting comments, please search for recent submissions by OMB to find docket OMB-2023-0017, which includes the full text of the proposed revisions and submi…