I: Financial Assistance Awards

Each Federal Agency Must Assign a Federal Award Identification Number, Unique Within the Federal Agency, to Each Award for Financial Assistance

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New Requirements for Financial Assistance Awards: For Purposes of Reporting to USAspending.gov, Each Federal Agency Must Assign a Federal Award Identification Number, Unique Within the Federal Agency, to Each Award for Financial Assistance (October 2013) Beginning in October 2013, each Federal agency must assign a Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN), unique within the Federal agency, to each financial assistance award. A FAIN that is unique by Federal agency makes it easier for recipients to correctly report sub-awards. In addition, the public can use the FAIN and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number together to find one accurate result when searching online. Once an agency assigns a FAIN and reports it to USAspending.gov, the Federal agency may not- with limited exceptions modify the FAIN during the life of the award. Further, once a Federal agency assigns a FAIN, that Federal agency must ensure that the FAIN is clearly identified in all Federal award documents. As a term and condition of the award, Federal agencies must require that all recipients document the assigned FAIN on each subaward under the Federal award. Federal procurement awards continue to be subject to the requirements for uniform procurement instrument identification numbers in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 4.1600.

Stakeholder(s):

• Federal Agencies


• The Public


• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

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