Memorandum 

TO: 		Solicitor
		Inspector General	
		Assistant Secretaries
		Bureau and Office Heads
 

FROM: 		Nina Rose Hatfield /s/
		Deputy Assistant Secretary – Budget and Finance

SUBJECT: 	FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (GRANTS): GRANTS.GOV FIND AND 
		STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENT FORMAT - FINAL POLICY 

Interim Grants.govFIND policy was issued Departmentwide by memorandum dated 
September 15, 2003. The attached final Grants.govFIND policy supersedes 
the previously issued interim policy. 

Grants.gov FIND is the single point of entry for Federal government grant 
and assistance opportunities.  It is authorized under the Federal Financial 
Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, Public Law 106-107, and the 
E-Gov initiative of the President’s Management Agenda.  The purpose of the 
Grants.gov FIND module is to provide potential applicants with:

1.	Enough information about any funding opportunity to decide whether 
       they are interested in viewing the full announcement;
2.	Information on one or more ways to obtain the full announcement 
      (e.g., an Internet site, e-mail address or telephone number); and
3.	One common Web site for all Federal financial assistance opportunities 
       searchable by key word, date, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
       number or specific agency name. 

As of October 1, 2003, all Federal grant-making agencies were required to 
participate in this significant endeavor.  Applicants may access Grants.gov 
where they may find announcement information and apply for assistance 
electronically.  Bureaus may continue to provide announcement information 
through other avenues as appropriate, but must also provide information 
through Grants.gov FIND in the proper format.  For your convenience, the 
updated Grants.gov FIND User Guide and Federal Register notices are attached.  
The use of Grants.gov FIND for mandatory program announcements is optional, 
but encouraged.

Changes from the interim policy dated September 15, 2003, include:

1.	The URL for Grants.gov FIND has changed from www.FedGrants.gov to 
      www.Grants.gov;
2.	Bureaus/offices may either post the full announcement on their web 
      site and provide a URL link from the Grants.gov FIND synopsis; 
      post the full announcement on Grants.gov FIND; or do both;
3.	The exceptions for announcing a grant or cooperative agreement program 
      in Grants.gov FIND have been clarified and changed; and
4.	Guidance for programs that are not required to have a Catalog of 
      Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number.

A revised Grants.govFIND Standard Format and Data Elements Policy Guide, 
based on the Controller, Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum to 
the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies regarding the standard 
format and data elements for use with Grants.govFIND is provided in 
Appendix A.
 
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact 
Debra Sonderman, Director, Office of Acquisition and Property 
Management (PAM) on 202-208-6352.  Members of your staff may contact 
Tammy Pataluna, PAM, on 202-208-4080.


Attachments

cc: Executive Steering Committee
	P. L. 106-107 Initiatives Work Group
	Interior Federal Assistance Working Group