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Grants Management Glossary

GAO - Government Accountability Office

GPO - Government Publishing Office (http://www.gpo.gov/)

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulations

CCR - Central Contractor Registry (now part of SAM)

SAM - System for Award Management (sam.gov)

APA - Administrative Procedures Act

CMIA - Cash Management Improvement Act

FFATA - Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (usaspending.gov)

FAPIIS - Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System

FGCA - Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement (Act)

GPRA - Government Performance and Results Act

GPRAMA - GPRA Modernization Act

ADA - Antideficiency Act

FAC - Federal Audit Clearinghouse

FRA - Federal Register Act; posting for notice and comment

GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAGAS - Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards

SEFA - Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards

MOU/MOA - Memoranda of Understanding/Agreement

ASAP - Automated Standard Application for Payments

PMS - Payment Management System

FFR - Federal Financial Report

PPR - Performance Progress Report

CAP - Corrective Action Plan (in the context of audit findings)

CAP - Cost Allocation Plan (in the context of indirect costs in a budget)

Cognizant Agency - Federal agency that, on behalf of all Federal agencies, is responsible for establishing final indirect cost rates and forward pricing rates, if applicable, and administering cost accounting standards for all contracts in a business unit. Provides dominant amount of funding.

Supplant - A substitution of money from one source, replacing another

Supplement - Adding additional money to a program

Material Noncompliance - Willful disregard of regulations

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