grants management. This work involved requirements continue to be met. identifying a high level set of business What are my grant reporting agency’s processes that could apply across responsibilities under the Minchin Order? government. AGIMO was also asked to Senators are informed of granting activity compile a taxonomy, or common language, through the Procedural Order of Continuing for grants management. The taxonomy Effect 14 - Departmental and Agency Grants. work was to be based on existing This is also known as the Minchin Order or taxonomies, such as Standard Business Senate Order 14. Reporting. This order requires agencies to produce a This work will help decide whether a consolidated list of all grants approved each feasibility study of a more reporting period, including the value of the coordinated grants management ICT system grant, recipient of the grant and the program should be undertaken. from which the grant was made. The A draft grants management business reporting period commences the day after the process and taxonomy was released for last tabling date, which is no later than 7 days comment by agencies participating via the before the commencement of the budget Grants Working Group on 29 November estimates, supplementary budget estimates 2013. This group has also been contributing and additional estimates hearings. to the development of the Low-Risk Grant For any agency whose grants programs have Agreement Template. Agencies are been affected by MoG changes, the responses encouraged to provide feedback by close of should be based on the receiving agency’s business on Friday 10 January 2014. responsibilities as at the end of the reporting Comments should be sent to . period. All grants must be reported and should only be reported once. Grants management business process and taxonomy development In late 2012, the Secretaries’ ICT Governance Board (SIGB) asked Finance (AGIMO), in partnership with agencies managing significant grants programs, to continue business analytical work around Contacting Grants News Mailing list – if you wish to subscribe to Grants News please enter your contact details on the Grants News webpage located at . Submissions – to submit an article for Grants News please contact . Collaborative opportunities – to request interagency engagement or to share information on a collaborative opportunity please contact . *********** Grants policy framework – please visit .
requirements continue to be met. What are my agency’s grant reporting responsibilities under the Minchin Order? Senators are informed of granting activity through the Procedural Order of Continuing Effect 14 - Departmental and Agency Grants. This is also known as the Minchin Order or Senate Order 14. This order requires agencies to produce a consolidated list of all grants approved each reporting period, including the value of the grant, recipient of the grant and the program from which the grant was made. The reporting period commences the day after the last tabling date, which is no later than 7 days before the commencement of the budget estimates, supplementary budget estimates and additional estimates hearings. For any agency whose grants programs have been affected by MoG changes, the responses should be based on the receiving agency’s responsibilities as at the end of the reporting period. All grants must be reported and should only be reported once. Grants management business process and taxonomy development In late 2012, the Secretaries’ ICT Governance Board (SIGB) asked Finance (AGIMO), in partnership with agencies managing significant grants programs, to continue business analytical work around grants management. This work involved identifying a high level set of business processes that could apply across government. AGIMO was also asked to compile a taxonomy, or common language, for grants management. The taxonomy work was to be based on existing taxonomies, such as Standard Business Reporting. This work will help decide whether a feasibility study of a more coordinated grants management ICT system should be undertaken. A draft grants management business process and taxonomy was released for comment by agencies participating via the Grants Working Group on 29 November 2013. This group has also been contributing to the development of the Low-Risk Grant Agreement Template. Agencies are encouraged to provide feedback by close of business on Friday 10 January 2014. Comments should be sent to . Contacting Grants News Mailing list – if you wish to subscribe to Grants News please enter your contact details on the Grants News webpage located at . Submissions – to submit an article for Grants News please contact . Collaborative opportunities – to request interagency engagement or to share information on a collaborative opportunity please contact . *********** Grants policy framework – please visit .
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