Second Quarterly Reporting Period Opens

The 2nd quarterly reporting period for ARRA funds opened January 1, 2010. All reports are due by January 10. Sort of.

Actually, ARRA requires the reports to be submitted by the 10th. The problem is that January 1 is a holiday, while January 2, 3, 9, & 10 are weekend days, so the deadline in reality would be the 8th, with only 5 working days in the reporting period. The solution? The reporting website will be available for reporting through January 15, so everyone has a full work week beyond the due date to actually submit the reports.

There is new guidance on reporting jobs that pretty much restates the old calculation method, but agency-specific guidance on job calculation can be found here - http://www.recovery.gov/FAQ/recipient/Pages/AgencyGuidance.aspx .

There are a few enhancements to the reporting. There are hard edits to certain fields, so data has to be corrected before the system allows it. Prior data can be carried forward, so some data fields do not have to be repopulated. Overall, we'll see what happens now.