USAID encourages all members of the partner community to review this Proposed Rule and provide comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on proposed revisions to various parts of 2 CFR. These revisions include updates to 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance), 2 CFR 175 (Award Term for Trafficking in Persons), 2 CFR 170 (Reporting Subaward and Executive Compensation Information), and 2 CFR 25 (Universal Identifier and System for Award Management). Your practical experience in implementing assistance awards overseas will provide useful feedback to OMB to enhance the proposed revisions.
As you review the proposed rule, please note that OMB’s objectives for these revisions include: (1) incorporating statutory requirements and administration priorities; (2) reducing agency and recipient burden; (3) clarifying sections that recipients or agencies have interpreted in different ways; and (4) rewriting applicable sections in plain language, improving flow, and addressing inconsistent use of terms.