[lstac] [External]Re: official notice of award received

Shannan Furlow sfurlow at georgialibraries.org
Thu Apr 24 13:34:56 PDT 2025 

I believe that is correct. I changed mine with the updated guidance.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM JRegensburger--- via lstac <
lstac at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> Yes. Thanks Lyndsay! I appreciate you taking such a close look at these
> docs.
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> I have a related question for the group (and one that I would normally ask
> Madison. ☹).
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> Am I right in understanding that any funds we use/disburse from this new
> FY25 allotment *must include the new certifications *we learned about
> last September at our convening (and again at our quarterly Zoom meeting in
> November)?
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> If that’s the case (and I think it is), I’m going to need to give myself a
> little refresher.
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> Thanks!
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> Jeff
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> *Jeff Regensburger (he/him/his)*
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> *From:* lstac <lstac-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of *Erica
> McCormick via lstac
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2025 4:12 PM
> *To:* Forbes, Lyndsay (BLC) <lyndsay.forbes at mass.gov>; Jennifer
> Cowan-Henderson <Jennifer.Cowan-Henderson at tnsos.gov>; Hemmelman, Brenda <
> Brenda.Hemmelman at state.sd.us>; Amy Heebner <Amy.Heebner at nysed.gov>;
> lstac at omls.oregon.gov
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> Lyndsay,
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> Thanks for the detailed review. I will keep your email in my guidance
> section. 😊
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> Take care,
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> Erica
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> Erica A. McCormick, MLIS
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> Manager, Grants and Accreditation | Library Development & Networking
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> *From:* lstac <lstac-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of *Forbes,
> Lyndsay (BLC) via lstac
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2025 2:05 PM
> *To:* Jennifer Cowan-Henderson <Jennifer.Cowan-Henderson at tnsos.gov>;
> Hemmelman, Brenda <Brenda.Hemmelman at state.sd.us>; Amy Heebner <
> Amy.Heebner at nysed.gov>; lstac at omls.oregon.gov
> *Subject:* Re: [lstac] [External]Re: official notice of award received
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> I took a closer look at the award documents this morning and included my
> notes about them below. There are some slight changes in the materials,
> but they appear to be expected updates or typical clarifications in
> language.
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> *Grant Cycle Calendar*
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>    - The new calendar does not indicate that there are quarterly accrual
>    reports anymore. This was also removed from the award guidance documents
>    (page 5 in previous year).
>    - The new calendar has a quarterly week-long drawn down suspension.
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> *Grant Award Guidance*
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>    - Links to the grants to states manual and communications kits don’t
>    work but those links appear to have moved on the website. The content looks
>    the same when I go to where they are on the website now.
>    - Equipment cost approval reflects update for 2 CFR 200 from 5k to 10K
>    (page 3 in purchases).
>    - Acknowledge IMLS section has changed Office of Communication to
>    Office of Communication and Public Liaison. Email went from general
>    oc at imls.gov to specific individual amarruci at imls.gov
>    - There are some very slight wording changes in Financial Management
>    Standard and in the second paragraph about SAM.gov registration.
>    - As mentioned in the calendar section, the quarterly grant accrual
>    reports do not appear to be required anymore.
>    - Page 6 in the new guidance includes a note about FSRS retiring (this
>    was planned and known). There is also the addition of reporting cyber
>    incidents.
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> *Assurances and Certifications*
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>    - On page 2, the FFATA wording is updated. I suspect this is related
>    to the FRFS changes.
>    - On page 5, Criminal Disclosure and Reporting wording has changed.
>    - The wording in the appendix sections changed but it strikes me as
>    more structurally and clarifying. The intent of it appears similar.
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> Lyndsay Forbes
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> Project Manager and Grants Specialist
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> Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
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> Office: 617-725-1860 ext. 252
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> *From:* Jennifer Cowan-Henderson <Jennifer.Cowan-Henderson at tnsos.gov>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2025 1:40 PM
> *To:* Hemmelman, Brenda <Brenda.Hemmelman at state.sd.us>; Forbes, Lyndsay
> (BLC) <lyndsay.forbes at mass.gov>; Amy Heebner <Amy.Heebner at nysed.gov>;
> lstac at omls.oregon.gov
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> I hope it does, Brenda!  Fingers crossed for you and any other state in
> the same predicament.
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> Tennessee received our partial award information.
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> Jen
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> *New email: **Jennifer.Cowan-Henderson at tnsos.gov*
> <Jennifer.Cowan-Henderson at tnsos.gov>
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> *From:* lstac <lstac-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of *Hemmelman,
> Brenda via lstac
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 23, 2025 3:25 PM
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> SD received roughly $675,000 LSTA funds. Unfortunately, I don’t think
> everyone’s job is going to be saved with that, but we are having at meeting
> in 30 minutes.
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> Brenda
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> *From:* lstac <lstac-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of *Forbes,
> Lyndsay (BLC) via lstac
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 23, 2025 3:23 PM
> *To:* Amy Heebner <Amy.Heebner at nysed.gov>; lstac at omls.oregon.gov
> *Subject:* Re: [EXT] [lstac] official notice of award received
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> Massachusetts just got notice of a partial allotment of our award.
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> I did a quick scan of the guidance and it didn’t seem like any of the
> current administration’s policies are there. The versions used were prior
> to the inauguration (December 31, 2024 and January 2, 2025).
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> Lyndsay Forbes
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> Project Manager and Grants Specialist
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> Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
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> Office: 617-725-1860 ext. 252
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> Mobile: 857-488-6616
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 23, 2025 4:17 PM
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> *Subject:* [lstac] official notice of award received
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> NY just received official notice (an email) of our revised award (totaling
> 50%) and the revised award document is in eGMS.  I haven’t figured out yet
> if the guidance or calendar is different.
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> Amy Heebner
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> Library Development Specialist
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> Division of Library Development
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> New York State Library
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