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2015 DOJ Grants Financial Guide

Chapters:

3.1 Payments
- Using the Grant Payment Request System
- Payment Transaction Timeline
- Understanding the Withholding of Funds
- Draw Only What is Needed
- Managing Interest Earned
- Understanding the Cash Management Improvement Act
  of 1990
- How to Manage Interest Income
3.2 Availability of Funds
- Availability of Funds
- Obligation of Funds
- Expenditure of Funds
- Criteria for Award Extension
- Project Extension Guidance
3.3 Matching or Cost Sharing Requirements
- Match Requirements
- Types of Match
- Source and Type of Funds
- Timing of Matching Contributions
- Records for Match
- Waiver of Match
3.4 Program Income
- Introduction
- Accounting Processes for Program Income
- Examples of Program Income
- Procedures for Recovery of Costs Incurred
3.5 Adjustments to Awards
- Grant Adjustment Notice
- Prior Approval of Certain Costs
- Reprogramming of Funds
3.6 Costs Requiring Prior Approval
- Introduction
- Responsibility for Prior Approval
- Procedures for Requesting Prior Approval
- Listing of Costs Requiring Prior Approval
3.7 Property Standards
- General Principles for Property Acquisition and Management
- Screening and Property Management Systems
- Equipment Ownership, Use, Management, and Disposition
- Equipment and Supplies Acquired With Grant Program Funds
- Federal Equipment
- Replacement of Equipment
- Supplies
- Real Property Acquired With Federal Funds
- Retention of Property Records
- Intangible Property
- Copyrights
- Data Produced Under A Federal Award
- Patents, Patent Rights, and Inventions
3.8 Procurement under Awards of Federal Assistance
- Procurement Standards—
  General Guidance
- OJP Construction Requirements
3.9 Allowable Costs
- Introduction
- Compensation for Personal Services
- Conferences and Workshops
- Travel
- Project Site
- Printing
- Publication
- Duplication
- Other Allowable Costs
3.10 Conference Approval, Planning, and Reporting
- Introduction
- Policy Overview
- Definitions
- No Prior Approval Required
- Prior Approval Required
- Event Planning Guidance
- Conference Cost Categories
- Post Event Reporting
- FAQs
- Resources
3.11 Indirect Costs
- Introduction
- Federal Indirect Cost Rate—Negotiated Agreements
- Establishment of Indirect Cost Rates
- Indirect Cost Distribution Bases
- Cost Allocation Plans—Central Support Services
- Lobbying Costs and the Indirect Cost Pool
- No Approved Plan
- Approval of Indirect Cost Rates for Subrecipients
3.12 OJP's Confidential Funds
- Introduction
- Approval Authorities
- Confidential Funds Certification
- Written Procedures
- Informant Files
- Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program
- Accounting and Control Procedures
3.13 Unallowable Costs
- Introduction
- Unallowable Cost Categories
3.14 Subrecipient Management and Monitoring
- Introduction
- Subrecipient Monitoring
- Best Practices
3.15 Reporting Requirements
- Introduction
- SF-425 Federal Financial Reports
- Progress/Program Reports
- Government Performance and Results Act
- Reports Required under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
3.16 Retention and Access Requirements for
Records
- Retention of Records
3.17 Remedies for Noncompliance
- Introduction
- Termination
- Hearings and Appeals
- Effects of Suspension and Termination
3.18 Closeout
- Introduction
- First Step
- Closeout of Discretionary/
  Categorical and Block/Formula Awards
- Refund of Federal Grant Monies and/or Program Income
- Failure to Remit Funds Owed
3.19 Audit Requirements
- Audit Threshold
- Audit Objectives
- Audit Reporting Requirements
- Audit Submission Requirements
- Submission of Audit Reports
- Audit Report Confirmation Requests
- Due Dates for Audit Reports
- Audit Compliance
- Resolution of Audit Reports
- Top 10 Audit Findings (Fiscal Year 2014)
- Audit of Subrecipients
- Technical Assistance
- Full-Scope Auditing
- Commercial (For-Profit) Organizations
- Failure to Comply
- Office of Inspector General Regional Offices
3.20 Grant Fraud, Waste,
and Abuse
- Introduction
- Detection of Grant Fraud
- Penalties of Grant Fraud
- Fraud Indicators
- Common Grant Fraud Schemes
- Ways to Reduce the Risk of Fraud
3.21 Payment Programs
- Introduction
- Bulletproof Vest Partnership
- State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
- Northern Border Prosecution Initiative and Southwest Border Prosecution Initiative

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3.9 Allowable Costs

Project Site

The cost of space in privately or publicly owned buildings used for the benefit of the project is allowable subject to the conditions stated below:

The total cost of space does not exceed the rental cost of comparable space and facilities in a privately owned building in the same locality.
The cost of space procured for project usage is not charged to the program for periods of non-occupancy without authorization of the grant making component.
The rental cost for space in a privately owned building is allowable. Rental costs may not be charged to the grant if the recipient owns the building or has a financial interest in the property. However, the cost of ownership is an allowable expense.
Cost of ownership expenses for a publicly owned building are allowable where “rental rate” systems, or equivalent systems that adequately reflect actual costs, are employed.
Ownership expenses must be determined on the basis of actual cost (including depreciation based on the useful life of the building, operation and maintenance, and other allowable costs). Where these costs are included in rental charges, they may not be charged elsewhere.
Rental costs may not be charged for building purchases or construction originally financed by the Federal Government.
Costs for rental of any property (to include commercial or residential real estate) owned by individuals or entities affiliated with the recipient or subrecipient for purposes such as the home office workspace, are unallowable. The cost of related utilities are also unallowable.

The cost of utilities, insurance, security, janitorial services, elevator service, upkeep of grounds, normal repairs and maintenance, and the like are allowable to the extent they are not otherwise included in rental or other charges for space.

Costs incurred for rearrangement and alteration of facilities required specifically for the award program, or that materially increase the value or useful life of the facility, are allowable when specifically approved by the awarding agency. See 2 C.F.R. ?? 200.462.

Depreciation or use allowance on idle or excess facilities is NOT ALLOWABLE, except when specifically authorized by the Federal awarding agency. See 2 C.F.R. ?? 200.446.??

The cost of space procured under rental-purchase or a lease-with-option to purchase agreement is allowable when specifically approved by the awarding agency. This type of arrangement may require application of special matching share requirements under construction programs.