Audit of NRC’s Grants Administration and Closeout
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Recommendations
Increase accountability for grant functions by adding grant duties to performance elements and standards.
Train all employees who perform grant duties on closeout processes in the computer grants management systems, including proper completion of the grant closeout checklist, management monitoring of checklist use, and evaluation of results.
Develop interim guidance to eliminate existing guidance in MD 11.6 concerning issuance of modifications in lieu of new grants.
Develop and implement a grants closeout plan to include:
a. Measurable metrics for deobligation of funds.
b. Procedures for identifying and closing expired grants.
c. Method(s) to address closing grants with modifications that have period of performance end dates that are different from the original grant.