PO Resources
Where can a PO find the list of certified PO's?
What is the HQ BLM GMO Financial Assistance, PO Resources tab
What official document establishes a PO is responsible for an agreement.
What is a PO Appointment Memo
A PO needs to ensure this document is apart of their internal records
What 2 reports are required annually for recipients to complete at a minimum once per year.
What is the Performance Report (FFR) & Financial Report (PPR)
For incremental funding, what process does the agreement need to go through to issue new funds
What is a Modification or Amendment
Where are the two places an applicant can find a NOFO/NOI?
What is Grants.gov and Grant Solutions.
Where does the PO upload the certificate?
What is DOI Talent.
Can POs do a virtual site visit
Yes, staying in contact in any capacity is highly encouraged
What annual recipient report must a PO review each year?
What is the Performance Report
When should a Period Of Performance (POP) extension be submitted?
When is the last year of the agreement but prior to 10 days.
What part of the application establishes the fiscal ceiling for the agreement? And, is it best practice to go over that established ceiling?
What is the 5 Year budget, What is NO, we must not exceed the fiscal ceiling unless there are extenuating circumstances.
What are 6 of the programs that BLM has?
Forest
Environmental
Rangeland
Youth
Fish andAquatic
Plant
T&E
Wildlife
Cultural
Invasive
Recreation
Fuels
National Conservation
What documents can Program Officers use to document conversations and interactions with Recipients
Call Logs, Site visit Reports, and Monitoring reports.
These documents are required for modifications
How long are cooperative agreements?
What is 1 to 5 years
What are 13 programs.
T/F, An acceptable recipient provided Project and Public Benefit statement is "data collection to provide to BLM staff for land management decision making"
False, Public Benefit needs to directly effect the public. A secondary or third effect of the project can be BLM program benefits.
Who can the PO work collaboratively with to make decisions about the direction on the Cooperative Agreement?
Who is your friendly neighborhood Grant Management Specialist.
Are POs allowed to identify new project work / objectives to recipients who have active agreements?
No, the suggestion of new project work even if its the same type or work, methods, and geographical location can be viewed as expanding scope, we should only be performing work present in the milestones. Suggestion: advocate for and incorporate larger milestones when talking to recipients about future applications
How long do recipients have to submit final reports and do their last draw down?
When is 120 days past the period of perfomance
What documents/processes are required from PO to complete a modification
What is the: 50k Tracker approval, PR Recommendation for award, COI, PO appointment memo (If it is a new PO)
What part of the Project Proposal establishes what specific work can be done during the duration of an agreement ?
What is the Milestones.
Scope speaks to generalities, milestones provide specific tasks and goals.
If you need funds for PO recertification training. Who should you contact?
The State Support Services DSD, HQ100 Has indicated they have available funds for training.
When writing substantial involvement statements should POs use templated language already present in the templates or make it project specific?
Project specific
What is the difference between a grant and a cooperative agreement?
What is the level of involvement the funding agency has in carrying out the funded project.
What authority is the only applicable authority that allows youth corps to perform work under an agreement ?
What is the Public Land Corps Act
Youth Corps are not an appropriate vendor for FLPMA or other agreements as main recipients or contracts
Do all Merit Review Committee members need to be a certified PO?
No, Only the chairperson