U S Fish Wildlife Service Financial Assistance Support
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U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Financial Assistance Support & Oversight Jean Kvasnicka, Policy Branch Chief Division of Financial Assistance Support & Oversight Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration
FA Support & Oversight Division About Us
Responsibilities • WSFR-AD is responsible for: • National policy formulation • Compliance assurance • Systems • Training See 515 FW 1, Responsibilities for Grants & Coop. Agreements • For all Service financial assistance (FA) programs
Scope of Service FA • 51 active programs (63 CFDAs, not all active) • 1, 700+ FA employees • In FY 17, the FWS issued: • ~$1. 7 M new obligations • 4, 698 new awards & mods • In FY 17, WSFR issued: • ~$1. 5 M new obligations • 2, 549 new awards & mods
Org Structure-History Oct 2007: FA responsibilities move from BMO to WSFR May 2010: FA Policy & Oversight (FAPO) Branch Chief hired Oct 2010: HQ FA award support moved from BMO to FAPO Jan 2012: HQ FA support moved from FAPO to WSFR HQ May 2012: 1 st Basic FA Course held Oct 2012: New FA Systems Branch created and Chief hired Oct 2016: WSFR HQ reorg consolidates Servicewide FA TBD 2018: Consolidation of 4 Servicewide FA branches to 2
Who’s Who
Policy Branch Objectives • Build a comprehensive, tailored FA policy framework to increase compliance & minimize program risk • Influence DOI FA policy & decisions to ensure our needs are considered & addressed • Maintain awareness of emerging laws, regs & other requirements to assess impacts & prepare for implementation
FY 18 Work Plan
FY 18 To Date • DOI FA Review: Numerous guidance, briefings, updates • CFDA Updates: Regs citations cleanup • DOI Financial Assistance Certification: Commenting process • NAG ATT 2: “Establishing Written Evaluation and Selection Procedures for Competitive Financial Assistance Programs“ • IT Bulletin 2018 -001, “Guidance and Review Requirements for Contracts and Agreements Involving Federal IMT” • SF 425 Video: Provided input to Training Branch • R 1/8 FAMR
Through FY 18 End • FY 18 NAG Updates: Est. June 1 • Draft DOI-AAAP-0144: Reporting Requirements for Land Purchased through Financial Assistance Branches reorganization • 516 FW 1: Combined FA reporting chapter • ATR Responsibilities & Designation • Data call • future role-based training
Questions?
- One fish two fish red fish blue fish ride
- Ksas telephone number
- One fish two fish blowfish blue fish script
- One fish two fish red fish lungfish
- Fish and wildlife coordination act
- Kaiser community benefit
- American legion financial assistance
- Seminole county community assistance
- Apeda financial assistance scheme
- Navigational assistance service
- Bac pro service accueil assistance conseil
- Bony vs cartilaginous fish