BFA Update
NSF Advisory Committee
for Business and Operations
November 17, 2005
Tom Cooley
NSF CFO, BFA Director
Topics
• Recent Developments
• Major Changes: People
• Implications
Performance and Accountability Report
• Delivered to OMB, Nov. 15
• Unqualified “Clean” Opinion
• 2 Reportable Conditions
– Post Award Monitoring
– Contract Monitoring
• No instances of noncompliance with laws,
regulations, and FFMIA
FY 2006 Appropriations
(millions)
Acct
R&RA
MREFC
EHR
S&E
OIG
NSB
NSF
FY 2005
Current
Plan
$4,220.55
173.65
841.42
223.20
10.03
3.97
5,472.82
FY 2006
Budget
Request
$4,333.49
250.01
737.00
269.00
11.50
4.00
5,605.00
FY 2006
House
Mark
$4,377.52
193.35
807.00
250.00
11.50
4.00
5,643.37
FY 2006
FY 2006
Senate
Conference
Mark
(adjusted)
$4,345.21
$4,375.23
193.35
192.81
747.00
804.74
229.90
249.30
11.50
11.47
4.00
3.99
5,530.96
5,637.54
•Bottom line: 2.8% increase vs. ’05
•$28 Million above ’06 Request
•S&E: 11.5% increase vs. 05
•Conference figures are adjusted for 0.28% rescission.
Note: FY 2006 Appropriations House, Senate, and Conference Reports include $14.88M in FY05 carryover from nonfunding of RSVP, to state a total for MREFC at $208.23M, pre-rescission, and $207.69M, post-rescission.
Other Recent Developments
• Hurricane Katrina Response
– Coordinated w/OMB & OSTP
– FAQs, Hotline, Web Alias....
• Post-Award Monitoring Action Plan
– BFA-wide Standard Operating Guidance
– 25 on-site visits
• Targeted Outreach
– Tribal Colleges: 80 Participants, 28 Institutions
– HBCUs: March 2006
• Regional Grants Conferences
– October ’05: Tampa
– Spring ’06: Boulder, CO
PMA Scorecard
President's Management Agenda Scorecard
•
•
Now Yellow for
Progress in Competitive
Sourcing
Streamlined
Competition:
– Support for PostAward Monitoring and
Large Facilities
Oversight
Baseline
(Sep. 30, 2001)
Status
Progress
(Sept. 30, 2005)
Strategic Management
of Human Capital
R
G
G
Competitive Sourcing
R
R
Y
Improving Financial
Performance
G
G
G
Expanded E-Gov’t.
Y
G
G
Budget and
Performance Integration
R
G
G
Major Changes: People
•
NSF: Senior Management Changes
– Deputy Director: Kathie Olsen
–
–
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BIO: James Collins
SBE: David Lightfoot
ENG: Richard Buckius (Interim)
Office of Cyberinfrastructure (new): Deborah Crawford (Acting)
Major Changes (2)
•
OMB Changes:
– David Anderson : Program Associate Director (PAD) for
Natural Resources, Energy and Science: (replaces Marcus
Peacock).
– Rick Mertens: Deputy Associate Director (DAD) for Energy and
Science: (replaces Mark Weatherly).
– Paul Shawcross: Acting Chief, Science and Space Branch
(replaces David Radzanowski, who is now OMB's deputy
assistant director for appropriations).
Implications
• New Players, NSF & OMB
• “Opportunity” for new Strategic Plan(s)
– NSF-wide
– BFA/IRM