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This is a channel that we use to keep members in the loop about the latest policy documents and developments. Our work in advocacy cuts across all areas of expertise and impacts all of our members.

Our Director of Government Affairs & Advocacy, Cynthia Smith, and our Advocacy Manager, Jenna Thoretz, post regular updates so our members are alerted to changes in the sector as they happen. We encourage everyone who joins Connect to become part of this community and to keep up to date with the information shared here. Posts to this community go live on our website, and you may wish to use the anonymous posting option if you have a question to ask here.
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ACTION OPPORTUNITY: USAID Requests for Neg Memos for Approval of Subawards under Assistance Funding

  • 1.  ACTION OPPORTUNITY: USAID Requests for Neg Memos for Approval of Subawards under Assistance Funding

    Posted 02-05-2021 12:26

    ACTION ALERT: MORE INFORMATION NEEDED

    All: 
    Some of our members and associates have noticed an uptick in requests from their USAID AO/AOR for a Memorandum of Negotiation ("Neg Memo") or the equivalent prior to approving sub-awards under a Cooperative Agreement. This has not been requested/required previously and is contrary to the overarching regulatory framework which requires implementers to follow their own internal policies and procedures when working on assistance awards for the US Government.

    If you have experienced such a request from your USAID point of contact, kindly email me the approximate timeframe of the request and from what specific Mission or Bureau, so I can share this information with USAID. All information will remain anonymized as to the implementing organization.

    USAID agrees there appears to be confusion, but need to understand how widespread this practice has become to address it properly.

    Thank you,
    Cynthia



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    Cynthia Smith
    Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy
    Humentum
    cynthia.smith@humentum.org
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