For each reporting period, what is the cut-off date for including grants and contracts?
For the first report, data must be submitted for grants and contracts executed as of close-of-business on April 30. Subsequently, it will be the last day of the month that precedes the month in which the report is due; thus July 31, 2009, for the August 16 report. (13) Is each report only about what has occurred since the last report, or does each report reflect cumulative data about totals since the February 17, 2009, enactment date and all ARRA grants or contracts received since then? With one exception, section 1201(c) requires you to report, in each periodic report, cumulative data on funds received and projects that have been put out to bid, are awarded, or have been completed since the enactment date of ARRA (February 17, 2009). The exception is for “contracts out to bid.” Once the contract is awarded or withdrawn, it is no longer included in this total. It is included in this total if the contract was “out to bid” during any of the period since the last filed report (or since Fe