Justification SF-270-2010

SF-270: Request for Advance or Reimbursement Extension

Supporting Statement to Accompany SF-83I

A. Justification

1. The Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) leads efforts at governmentwide grants management to assure that Federal grants to non‑Federal parties are managed properly and spent in accordance with laws and regulations. Working cooperatively with Federal grant‑making agencies and non‑Federal parties, OFFM establishes policies and guidelines through OMB's grants management circulars.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars A-102, Grants and Cooperative Agreements with States and Local Governments, and A-110, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations, establish the reporting requirements fulfilled by this form.

2. The SF-270 is used to request funds for all nonconstruction grant programs when letters of credit or predetermined advance methods are not used. The Federal awarding agencies and OMB use information reported on this form for general management of the Federal assistance awards programs(see Appendix).

3. Federal awarding agencies have the option of allowing grantees to use electronic submission of alternate forms. Although agencies can allow grantees to submit electronically, or via other forms, they are only approved to collect the information approved under this information collection.

4. There is no other source for the information reported on this form.

5. The information requirements do not pertain to small business or other small entities.

6. No less frequent collection is feasible.

7. No such special circumstances exist.

8. The information requirements have been in OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110 since 1971 and consequently subject to considerable comment by grantees. Notice in the Federal Register for the extension of this form is attached.

9. No such payments or gifts are contemplated.

10. No confidentiality is provided.

11. No sensitive information is collected.

12. The estimated reporting burden per respondent for this form is 60 minutes (1 hour). It is expected that 100,000 respondents will use this form.  At an hour per response, the total burden is 100,000 hours

13-18. Not Applicable.

B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods - Not Applicable

LIST OF AGENCIES APPROVED TO USE THIS FORM:

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Education

Department of Energy

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Justice

Department of Labor

Department of State

Department of the Interior

Department of Transportation

Department of Treasury

Department of Veterans Affairs

Environmental Protection Agency

Executive Office of the President

General Services Administration

National Aeronautics & Space Administration

National Science Foundation

Office of Personnel Management

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Small Business Administration

Smithsonian Institution

Social Security Administration

US Agency for International Development

Access Board

Advisory Council for Historic Preservation

African Development Foundation

American Battle Monuments Commission

Appalachian Regional Commission

Architect of the Capitol

Architectural & Trans. Barries Comp. Board

Armed Forces Retirement Home

Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Foundation

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Capitol Police

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation

Commission for the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad

Commission on Civil Rights

Commission on Fine Arts

Committee for the Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Products Safety Commission

Corporation for National & Community Service

Court Services and Offender Supv. Agency

DC Pretrial Services Agency

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Delaware River Basin

Dwight Eisenhower Commission

Election Assistance Commission

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Export and Import Bank of US

FCA-FCSIC

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Election Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Federal Mine Safety Health Rev. Commission

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

GPO

Institute of Museum and Library Services

International Boundary and Water Commission

John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Marine Mammal Commission

Merit Systems Protection Board

Millenium Challenge Corporation

National Archives & Records Administration

National Assessment Governing Board

National Capital Planning Commission

National Credit Union Administration

National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Humanities

National Gallery of Art

National Indian Gaming Commission

National Labor Relations Board

National Mediation Board

National Transportation Safety Board

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

Office of Science & Technology Policy

Office of Special Counsel

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Peace Corps

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Postal Regulatory Commission

Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange

Selective Service System

Surface Transportation Board

Tennessee Valley Authority

US Chemical Safety Hazard

US Holocaust Memorial Museum

US International Trade Commission

US Office of Government Ethics

US Trade and Development Agency

Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conserv. Comm

Valles Caldera

Vietnam Education Foundation

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars