Can the GPC provide a mechanism for grantee involvement so that grantees can provide their views at the time the policy is developed, before the documents are published in the Federal Register?
The Federal Register is the standard mechanism for communicating with the community. Proposed policy is published on the Federal Register as a draft and is open for comments and suggestions from the community. The draft is then reconciled with the community’s comments and either another draft is produced or the original draft is finalized, depending on the comments received. The GPC believes that gathering input from the grantee community as early as possible is valuable, and will make every effort to maximize stakeholder input within the confines of governmental business and legal limitations. To this end, the GPC is currently working to develop new mechanisms to gather input from grantees on grant issues, and new proposed policies.
