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Payroll Certification
Charge I Initiatives I Documents I Committee Members
Charge
OMB Circular A-21 requires institutions to confirm, on an after-the-fact basis, that payroll changes to sponsored programs are commensurate with the effort provided. The A-21 requirements (section J.8) are overly complicated, burdensome and out of date. Regulations require institutions to distribute thousand of “effort reports” to be approved and returned even when there is no change to the payroll data. More importantly, there is widespread recognition that the regulations are not an effective means of assurance. This working group will examine ways to simplify the regulations and find and effective and efficient means to assure that the distribution of salaries and wages to sponsored agreements is appropriate.
Initiatives
 Survey payroll certification practices at FDP institutions
Identify current issues within section J.10 of OMB Circular A-21
Develop whitepaper which contains a set of core payroll certification principles.
Documents
Effort Reporting – How Universities Meet the Current Federal Requirements, Council on Governmental Relations, June 1, 2005 (PDF)
Side-by-side Comparison of Proposed Revisions to Current A-21 Section J.10 – September 2005 (PDF)
Proposed Revision to OMB Circular A-21 (Section J.10) – April 2005 (PDF)
Streamlining of the Payroll Certification Requirements Workshop – August 23-24, 2004 (PDF)
Meeting Minutes
January 2004
Members
Committee Mailing List – FDP-PAYCERT-L@LSW.NAS.EDU
Member
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Organization
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Joe Ellis (Co-chair)
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National Institutes of Health
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Andy Rudczynski (Co-Chair)
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University of Pennsylvania
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