stimulus awards: a researchers dream or an administrator’s nightmare
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STIMULUS AWARDS: A RESEARCHERS DREAM OR AN ADMINISTRATOR’S NIGHTMARE. PRESENTORS: DAN W. HAMLIN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, ECLAT CONSULTING, LLC. ROBERT KLEIN , SENIOR MANAGER, BEARINGPOINT, INC. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH STIMULUS . WELCOME TO THE SESSION AGENDA - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PRESENTORS:DAN W. HAMLIN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, ECLAT CONSULTING, LLC.ROBERT KLEIN, SENIOR MANAGER, BEARINGPOINT, INC.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH STIMULUS WELCOME TO THE SESSIONAGENDA
OVERVIEW OF THE STIMULUS PLANSPECIFIC IMPACT ON THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISETHE RULES AS THEY EXIST
IS THERE VARIANCE BY AGENCY? EXAMPLES
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO NOW?WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME IN WHICH WE NEED TO
WORK?Q & A
OVERVIEW OF THE STIMULUS PLAN AND THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE1512OMB’s FIRST DOCUMENTSUBSEQUENT AGENCY RELEASESASSOCIATION RELEASESOMB’s MOST RECENT RELEASE OF
DATA ELEMENTS
SPECIFIC IMPACT ON RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
THE GOOD AND THE BADADDITIONAL FUNDING OF NEW RESEARCHNEW STEPS FORWARD TOWARD DISCOVERY
AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND LIFENEW JOBS AND THE EXTENSION OF JOBSTHE VOLUME MAY KILL USMAJOR MANAGEMENT CHALLENGESREPORTING, REPORTING AND MORE
REPORTINGHOW DO WE GET THE NEW DATA AND
CONSOLIDATE REPORTING?AUDITS GALORE
THE RULES1512OMBAGENCY
QUARTERLY VS MONTHLY REPORTINGREPORTING ON TOP SALARIESREPORTING ON ALL SALARIES OVER
$50,000
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NOW?KEEP UP TO DATEFORMULATE A SMALL GROUP TO MANAGE THE PROCESS
INCLUDE RESEARCH PRE AND POST AWARD STAFF, FACULTY, DEPT ADMIN., CFO, AND V.P. RESEARCH
THEY NEED TO NOT ONLY DETERMINE DIRECTION, MAKE BASIC DECISIONS ON APPROACHING THE ISSUES BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY, BUT ULTIMATELY TAKE THESE DECISIONS FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE UNIVERSITY
IDENTIFY THE MISSING DATA AND DETERMINE HOW IT WILL BE COLLECTED AND REPORTED BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT NUMBER OF NEW POSITIONS NUMBER OF RETAINED POSITIONS TOP SALARIES
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NOW? SALARIES OVER $50,000 PAID ALL OR IN PART
WITH STIMULUS FUNDS CODING STRUCTURE FOR REPORTING
SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER REPORTING THE NON-FINANCIAL GOALS AND
THEIR ATTAINMENT, QUARTERLY (THE 50% RULE) DO YOU HAVE CONTRUCTION FUNDING VIA
STIMULUS? CONSOLIDATING REPORTING BY
AWARD/PROJECT, STIMULUS FUNDING ETC. AND PREPARING THE QUARTERLY REPORTS
INVOLVING IT AND OUTSIDE SOURCES
HOW DO WE HANDLE THE COST?LOOK FOR NEW RULE MAKING AT THE
OMB LEVELALLOW DIRECT RECOVERY AT THE AWARD
LEVEL FOR SUPPORT STAFF TO SUPPORT RESEARCHERS AND DEPARTMENTS
ALLOW RECOVERY AS AN INDIRECT ADMINISTRATIVE COST SPECIAL ONE TIME RATE INCREASE TO COVER
THE COST ADJUST THE DEPT. ADMIN.CAP THROUGH FY2012 OTHER
HOW DO WE HANDLE THE COST?YOU NEED TO GET YOUR UNIVERSITY
BEHIND THE FUNDING. GET YOUR PRESIDENT, OTHER EXECUTIVES AND BOARD MEMBERS ACTIVE.
DO IT NOW!
THE TIMEFRAMENOWTHE RULEMAKING AND DESIGN NEEDS TO
BE COMPLETE IN MAYREPORTING IS 10 DAYS AFTER THE END OF
THE QUARTER (JULY 10, 2009) THIS MAY BE EXTENDED SLIGHTLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER
YOU NEED TO DEVELOP, DESIGN THE SYSTEM, GET BUY IN AT MULTIPLE LEVELS, COMPLETE AND TEST THE SYSTEM, TRAIN STAFF AND FACULTY, ROLLOUT AND IMPLEMENT BY JULY
Q and AYOUR QUESTIONS OUR BEST ANSWERS AS OF TODAY.