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Page Last Updated: August 2009

Finance/Grants/Contracts

General

Human Resources

 

Finance/Grants/Contracts

Rules and Regulations

For Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 226 (22CFR226)

Administration of Assistance Awards to U.S. Non-governmental Organizations. USAID's interpretation of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's administrative rules for grants and cooperative agreements.

Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations - Grants and Agreements

2 CFR 215/OMB A-110

Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals,and Other Non-Profit Organizations

Standard Provisions for U.S. and Non-U.S., Nongovernmental Recipients

Mandatory and Required as Applicable Standard Provisions for Nongovernmental Grantees (there are separate provisions applicable to U.S. and non-U.S. recipients) http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/refindx3.htm#S

Cross Reference Index - Administration of Grants and Cooperative Agreements

A supplementary reference prepared by USAID which cross-references various grants and contracts administration topics to Automated Directives System (ADS) chapters and other external policies. http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/3036s3.pdf

FY 2007 Statutory Checklists

Internal checklists prepared by USAID as a reference for planning and implementing assistance programs and cover country-specific or activity-specific prohibitions and "notwithstanding" authorities. The checklists do not have every country prohibition or restriction. http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/202sad.pdf

Regulatory Documents and Comments

http://www.regulations.gov

For Food Aid

Non Emergency Food for Peace Program References

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/nonemergency.html

PL 480 Title II Related Documents

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/otherregs.html#pl

Other Food for Peace Links:

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/relatedlinks.html

For Disaster Assistance

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ disaster_assistance/
resources/index.html

For Contracts

Acquisition Central

An E-Gov Initiative with information on regulations, systems, resources, opportunities, and training.
http://www.acqnet.gov/

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Federal Acquisition Circulars (FAC)

Government-wide acquisition regulations updated through Federal Acquisition Circulars (FAC). (When looking up a clause from your contract, check the date on the clause and go to older versions if necessary in the Archived Regulations of either of the following sites).http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFFARA.HTM
http://www.arnet.gov/far/

USAID Acquisition Regulations (AIDAR)

USAID-specific supplement to the FAR. Revisions are published in the Federal Register, often as AIDAR Notices, and are also often transmitted through Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives (AAPD). http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/aidar.pdf

Grants Under Contracts (ADS 302.5.6)

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/302.pdf

For All USAID Funded Instruments

USAID's Automated Directives System (ADS)

The 300 Series on Acquisition and Assistance contains USAID-specific policies, essential procedures, andsupplementary guidance. You can also order the ADS CD-ROM through this site. http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300

USAID's Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives (AAPD)

Addresses a variety of contractual and financial topics.

Previously known as Contract Information Bulletins (CIBs) http://www.usaid.gov/business/business_opportunities/cib/

Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 228 (22CFR228)

"Rules on Source, Origin and Nationality for Commodities and Services Financed by USAID"

Geographic Codes

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/260.pdf

Guidance for AID Missions – Closing Out Contracts, Grants and Cooperative Agreements (CIB 90-12)

A handy guidance with checklists to help you manage USAID’s close-out process.

http://www.usaid.gov/business/business_opportunities/cib/pdf/cib90_12.pdf

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Cost Principles

Government-wide cost principles for different types of organizations

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=e38a73f9198b714a351f7a275e71d6c9&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfrv1_02.tpl#175

For Commercial Organizations (for-profits)

FAR Subpart 31.2 -- Contracts With Commercial Organizations http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFFARa.htm

OMB A-21

Cost Principles for Educational Institutions

2CFR230/OMB A-122

Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations

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Forms

GSA Forms Often Referenced by USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/sfforms.html

USAID Forms

Includes Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet http://www.usaid.gov/forms/

GSA Library of Forms

http://contacts.gsa.gov/webforms.nsf/ce29673810060784852569ae0067f22e?OpenView

Federal Forms Catalog

www.fedforms.gov

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Audits and Financial Matters

Guides to Doing Business in Different Countries

http://www.lexmundi.com/lexmundi/Publications_and_Resources.asp?SnID=745283927

HHS Division of Payment Management

Includes SmartLink and the Electronic 272 Form http://www.dpm.psc.gov/

OMB Circular A-133

Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a133/a133.pdf

Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)

http://www.dcaa.mil/

Information for contractors: http://www.dcaa.mil/dcaap7641.90.pdf

GAO Government Auditing Standards

The Yellow Book http://www.gao.gov/govaud/ybk01.htm

Resolution of Costs Questioned in Audit Reports

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/3036s1.pdf

USAID OIG Guidelines for Financial Audits Contracted by Foreign Recipients

http://www.usaid.gov/in/Pdfs/AuditGuidelinesNew.pdf

Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Program and Disclosure Requirements

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-26953.htm

USAID OIG Fraud Indicators Handbook

http://www.usaid.gov/oig/hotline/fraud_awareness_handbook_052201.pdf

DOD OIG Fraud Site

http://www.dodig.mil/Inspections/APO/fraud/Index.htm

USAID OIG Annual Plans, Audit Reports and Semi-Annual Reports to Congress

http://www.usaid.gov/oig/public/public1.htm

Prompt Payment Act Interest Rate

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/rates/tcir/tcir_opdprmt2.htm

Cost Accounting Disclosure Statement

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/print/disclosure3.html

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

http://www.fasb.org/

Model Incurred Cost Proposal

http://www.dcaa.mil/chap6.pdf

Bilateral Agreements

http://www.InsideNGO.org/membersonly/HR MOS/bilaterals.htm

USAID's Overhead Branch's Workload Distribution 6-1-09

Click here to view the document

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Assistance and Acquisition

PVO Registration

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/private_voluntary_cooperation/regresources.html

Central Contractor Registration

http://www.ccr.gov/

Millennium Challenge Account

http://www.mcc.gov/

http://www.interaction.org/campaign/MCA.html

The Advisory Committee On Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA)

Serves as a link between the U.S. Government and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) active in humanitarian assistance and development work overseas. Notice of public meetings and proceedings can be found at their site. http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa/index.html

Bid Protest Decisions

Comptroller General's Recent Bid Protest Decisions http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/bidpro.htm

Pre-Solicitation Notices, RFP, IFB, PSC, and Award Notices

USAID announcements posted in FedBizOpps http://www.fedbizopps.gov/

RFA

USAID Request for Applications http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=AGENCYSEARCH&agency=USAID

Federal Government Grants http://www.grants.gov/

Guide to USAID's Assistance Application Process and to Submitting Unsolicited Assistance Applications

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/30354s1.pdf

Self Certification of System Compliance for Nonprofit Recipients

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/300/30359s1.pdf

NAIC (formerly SIC) Codes

The North American Industry Classification system replaces the Standard Industrial Classification codes http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

Look up codes https://eweb1.sba.gov/naics/dsp_naicssearch2.cfm

GSA Federal Supply Schedules/Multiple Award Schedules

http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/ElibHome

Anti-Terrorist Financing - Lists of Identified Individuals and Groups (both lists need to be consulted)

Master list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/t11sdn.pdf

United Nations Security (UNSC) sanctions committee established under UNSC Resolution 1267 (1999)(the "1267 Committee") http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1267/1267ListEng.htm

Resources on Counter-terrorism Measures http://www.interaction.org/membership/counter-terrorism/index.html

Employment Verification

E-Verify program, effective January 15, 2009
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26904.pdf

Partner Vetting System

http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2008-31131_PI.pdf

Debarred Vendors and Subcontractors

List of Parties Excluded From Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs http://epls.arnet.gov

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Accounting and Government Contracting Links

Where in Federal Contracting

Links to all government regulations available on the Internet and a daily update on proposed revisions published in the Federal Register. Also provides guidance, courts and boards of contract appeals, bid protest decisions, agency contracting newsletters, and selected analysis of federal acquisition issues. http://www.wifcon.com/

Federal Acquisition Institute

http://www.fai.gov

Financial Management Health Check and Manual

Free downloads from Mango http://www.mango.org.uk/guide/resources.aspx

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General

Currency Converters

Online currency calculator. www.xe.com/ucc/

Currency Converter for 164 currency pairs and currency cheat sheet for travelers. Includes option to set rate depending upon conversion method used. www.oanda.com/convert/classic

Currency Exchange Rates Calculator. Convert any amount from one currency to another. www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

Currency Calculator. Calculate the cross currency rates for more than 200 currencies. www.bloomberg.com/invest/calculators/currency.html

Free online currency converter for every country on the planet. World currency conversion rates and exchange information. www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/currconv.htm

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Electronic Subscriptions

FAR News

Receive notification of updates to the FAR and FAC http://www.arnet.gov/far/mailframe.html

Foreign Per Diem Rates

Receive monthly updates http://service.govdelivery.com/service/multi_subscribe.html?code=USSTATEBPA

USAID-funded Reports

The Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) provides a biweekly bulletin providing online access to the latestUSAID reports. http://www.dec.org

Bid Protest Decisions

http://www.gao.gov/subscribe/index.php

Fried Frank Government Contracts Alert

http://www.ffhsj.com/index.cfm?pageID=28&aID=6

Government Executive Magazine

http://www.govexec.com/

National Contract Management Association (NCMA)

http://www.ncmahq.org/

Sample Issue of the NGO Financial Newsletter

http://www.cpmhome.org/newsletter/index.htm

Impact Alliance

A network to exchange ideas, tools, training curricula, and publications on capacity building. Covers a wide range of financial management topics. http://www.impactalliance.org/ev_en.php

Vern Edwards Blog

http://www.wifcon.com/discussion/index.php?autocom=blog&blogid=2&

Washington Post Government Inc. Blog

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/government-inc/

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Online Translation

Alta Vista site

http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

Your Dictionary

http://www.yourdictionary.com

Logos

http://www.logos.it/

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Organizational Directories

InsideNGO - Members list

http://www.insidengo.org/member_list.htm

USAID Organization and Staff

USAID Phone, Email and Fax Directory (D.C. staff only): http://gemini.info.usaid.gov/directory/dirSearch.cfm

USAID Organizational Description: http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/usaidorg.html

USAID Mission Web Sites: http://www.usaid.gov/missions/

InterAction Members List

http://www.interaction.org/members

USAID PVO Registry

The online PVO registry is searchable by organization name, country, or activity sector. Provides information on the organization (e.g., number of staff) and general funding portfolio: http://www.pvo.net/usaid/

2008 Report of Voluntary Agencies Engaged In Overseas Relief and Development Registered with the U.S. Agency for International Development: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADN444.pdf

DIRECTORY OF DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS: http://www.devdir.org/

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Shipping

DHL http://www.dhl.com/

Federal Express http://www.fedex.com/

UPS http://www.ups.com/

United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com/ (includes an online postage calculator)

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Telephone Codes and Time Converters

Time Converter

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

http://www.timeanddate.com/

Country and City Codes

http://www.business.att.com/bt/access.jsp?c=a

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Travel Allowance

Foreign Per Diem Rates
Maximum per diem rates for travel in foreign areas which apply to all U.S. Government contractors. Includes danger pay rates in the footnotes section. http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184&menu_id=78

Allocation of M&IE Rates to Be Used in Making Deductions from the M&IE Allowance http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=114&menu_id=81

U.S. Domestic Per Diem Rates
Maximum per diem rates for travel in the Continental United States. Includes rates for previous years, a chart showing hotel tax rates for each state, and the Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) mileage reimbursement rate. http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem

Mileage rates established by the Rotary Club.
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/ja_pdf/rits_mileage_rates_ja.pdf

Standard Regulations
Changes to the Standard Regulations are published in Section 920, which can be accessed through the next link http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=231&menu_id=92

Allowance and Differential Rates
Section 920 of the Standardized Regulations transmittal memos are published biweekly. Transmittal memos 'A' alsoinclude changes to the Standard Regulations. http://aoprals.state.gov/Web920/location.asp?menu_id=95

Changes in allowances and rates are published through biweekly memos. http://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=216&menu_id=95

FAM + FAH
Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook (note: these apply to federal employees) http://foia.state.gov/FAMDIR/fam/svtl.asp?famid=1

Federal Travel Regulations

http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/channelView.do?pageTypeId=8199&channelId=-14863

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Travel General

Visas, Passports and Embassies

U.S. Department of State visa site http://travel.state.gov/visa/index.html
U.S. Department of State passport site http://travel.state.gov/passport/index.html
Embassies and Consulates http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/directory.htm

Airlines, Airports, and Distances between Points

http://www.airportcitycodes.com/

Weather

http://www.weatherbug.com
http://www.wunderground.com/

Electricity and Teleadapters

Telephone and power plug information for locations around the world. http://www.kropla.com/

Travel Warnings and Health Advisories

http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx

World Holidays

http://www.qppstudio.net/worldholidays.htm

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Human Resources

Ex-Pat/TCN

Families in Global Transition

Provide strategic resources for families and individuals who live, move, and work throughout the world. http://www.figt.org

Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide

Provides links to Expat sites and information for the Foreign Service community. Their Livelines eGroup provides a forum for interaction with other members of the U.S. Foreign Service. http://www.aafsw.org

Escape Artist

Web site for expats interested in all aspects of living overseas, including employment. http://www.escapeartist.com

Expat Exchange

Post resumes, read job ads, as well as in depth cultural and adaptation information on countries around the world. http://www.expatexchange.com

Expatica

http://www.expatica.com

Going Global 

Features country profiles, employment trends, country-specific career information on more than 24 countries, resume/CV information, job listings, and more. http://goinglobal.com

Federation of American Women Clubs Overseas

Links to an international network of 76 independent clubs.  These organizations represent a combined membership of over 17,000 women in 34 countries worldwide. It serves as a support network for American women living and working abroad and is particularly active in the fields of U.S. citizens' concerns, education, environmental protection, and women's and children's rights. http://www.fawco.org 

Transitions Abroad

The guide to learning, living and working overseas. This online magazine provides helpful suggestions for work abroad resources and overseas programs. http://www.transitionsabroad.com

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Labor Laws - International

Local Labor Laws Source: www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex

ILO’s database of national labor, social security, and human rights legislation maintained by ILO’s International Labour Standards Department.  It Covers over 190 countries and 160 territories and subdivisions.

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Recruitment Sites in International Development

These sites post job announcements in the international development field, including accounting, financial management and grants

InsideNGO Positions available within the Association's member organizations: http://www.insidengo.org/job_opportunities.htm

AFRICA VIRTUAL JOB FAIR (an internet based recruitment service to connect employers with candidates. Discount offered to InsideNGO members). http://www.zebrajobs.com/avjf/index.html

DEVJOBS: http://www.devjobsmail.com/

DEVEX: http://www.devex.com/

IDEALIST.ORG: http://www.idealist.org/

NGO MANAGER: http://www.ngomanager.org/dcd/1_General_Resources/Job_links/

RELIEF WEB: http://www.reliefweb.int/vacancies/

AID WORKERS NETWORK : http://www.aidworkers.net/personal/jobsites.htm

ZEBRA JOBS http://www.zebrajobs.com/

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Safety & Security

Overseas Security Advisory Council

Provides free information and resource library concerning developments in the overseas security environment. http://www.osac.gov/

RedR  

Delivers training to relief organizations and their staff. http://www.redr.org.uk/

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Staff Care & Wellness

Aid Workers Network

Free service set up to enable aid workers to share practical advice and resources with each other. http://www.aidworkers.net/?q=advice/handling_stress

Antares Foundation

works to improve the quality of management and staff support and care in humanitarian and developmental organizations. http://www.antaresfoundation.org/

Headington Institute

Provides psychological and spiritual support to relief and development workers worldwide. http://www.headington-institute.org/

Helpers Fire

Provides a forum to discuss staff wellbeing, share best practices and lessons learned, increase the discipline’s body of knowledge and develop cutting edge methods to improve these services. 
http://helpersfire.org/

InterAction Staff Care & Wellness Group

Hosts meetings and shares collected resources on staff care. http://www.interaction.org/staff-care

Mental Health & Psychosocial Network

Aims to connect practitioners, organisations, academics and service users around the world by collaborating and sharing knowledge. http://www.psychosocialnetwork.net/

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