ARRA Reports

1512 Agency Review has begun. FTA will be contacting grantees from October 22 – 29 to alert them of possible reporting errors. Grantees have until Midnight EST on October 29, 2009 to correct or explain the data. All information goes live to FederalReporting.Gov on October 30, 2009. Please see ourFTA 1512 reporting guidance below.

• 1201(c) – Periodic Grante Reports
• 1512(c) Report – Quarterly Grantee Reports
• 1609(c) – President's Report to Congress on NEPA Status of ARRa projects

1201(c) – Periodic Grante Reports

• Report Due Dates – these are for the cumulative period as of end of month preceding due date:
  • May 18, 2009 (for period ending April 30, 2009)
  • August 16, 2009
  • February 17, 2010
  • February 17, 2011
  • February 17, 2012
• Report Requirements
  • FTA grantees only required to report if they have received an ARRA grant before the end of the reporting period.
  • Grantee reports aggregate data for each ARRA grant received as of the end of the quarter: expenditures; numbers of procurements at various stages of implementation (out to bid, under contract, underway, completed) and ARRA dollars associated with those procurements; direct jobs created or maintained by the all projects and activities funded by the grant; State funding planned and received for projects eligible under the FTA program the grant was awarded under.
  • Grantees report hours for direct on-site jobs only; DOT will calculate indirect and induced jobs.
  • FTA will not require monthly contractor jobs report form used by FHWA.
• Report Guidance
  • Starting with the August 16, report, FTA grantees will access the 1201(c) reporting form through TEAM rather than through the TIGER Collector.
  • Further guidance on FTA’s 1201(c) Reporting Forms and Instructions can be found at FAQ’s on 1201(c) reports.
  • FTA training webinars on the 1201c Reporting Process.
  
  

   

  1512(c) Report – Quarterly Grantee Reports

• Report Due Date: October 10, 2009
  • Subsequent reports will be required each quarter.
• Report Requirements:
  • Government-wide ARRA requirement
  • OMB will provide centralized web-based portal for grantees to enter reports directly at http://www.federalreporting.gov/.
  • Grantees MUST REGISTER at http://www.federalreporting.gov/. System opened for registration on August 17, 2009.
  • Requires grantee to report detailed information for each ARRA grant about direct recipient and subrecipients; information about projects funded by the grant, including reports of direct jobs created and maintained; and basic information about vendors receiving more than $25,000 threshold from direct recipient or subrecipient.
  • Direct recipient and first tier sub recipients must have Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. Direct recipient must also register with Central Contractor Registration (CCR). If direct recipient delegates reporting function to subrecipients, those subrecipients must also register with CCR [see procurement FAQs for DUNS and CCR how-to information].
• OMB Reporting Guidance:
  • OMB held training webinars July 20-23, 2009. Webinars were recorded and made available for viewing at any time at http://www.whitehouse.gov/recovery/webinartrainingmaterials/. Please visit this site at your convenience to view all webinars being held the week of July 20th.
  • New Guidance for Recipient Reporting Released on June 22, 2009
    • Read Cover Memo and Guidance [PDF]
    • View Recipient Reporting Data Model - Template, Data Dictionary, XML Schema [PDF]
    • Read the List of Programs Subject to Recipient Reporting [PDF]
• FTA Reporting Guidance: 
  • 1512 Highlights – what exactly is 1512 reporting?
  • 1512 Checklist – this document will walk you through the steps of 1512 registration, reporting and review.
  • 1512 Reporting Definitions & Examples – please use this document when you are reporting!! It provides clarifications and examples for the reporting field. (Updated September 24, 2009) 
  • Information on ARRA Section 1512 Reporting Webinars for FTA Grant Recipients, including questions and answers from each webinar.
  • Information on ARRA Section 1512 Reporting “After Action” Webinar for FTA Grant Recipients.

   

  1609(c) – President's Report to Congress on NEPA Status of ARRa projects