A technique used to “age” unused or unspent funds when grant funds are deobligated by the closing of a grant, the cancellation of a grant or at the request of the grantee. The purpose is to determine if the deobligated funds remain within their period of availability without actually having to identify the year they were apportioned.

System for Award Management.

The federal award identifier associated with the grant (e.g. F12FA00001).

Standard Form

Standard Form Application for Federal Assistance

Standard Form Budget Information - Non-Construction Programs

Standard Form Assurances - Non-Construction Programs

Standard Form Budget Information - Construction Programs

Standard Form Assurances - Construction Programs

Standard Form Federal Financial Report 

Standard Form Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

A shapefile is a digital file created using GIS software (such as ArcGIS) that stores the geo‐spatial attributes of a specific location using coordinates and other GIS data.

A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a grantee, subgrantee, or the awarding agency.

State Historic Preservation Office

The authority granted to an individual to sign grant related documents on behalf of  the grantee organization.

Audit that includes both the financial statements and the expenditures of federal awards by all state agencies including institutions of higher education. 

A funding opportunity specifically awarded to a appropriate partner based on or more demonstrable criteria:

·         Unsolicited proposal 

·         Continuation of activity

·         Legislative intent

·         Unique qualifications

·         Emergencies

A site is the area in which one or more facilities is located.  For example, a site could be Cherry Creek State Park.  At the site, there may exist a recreational boating facilities, education center facility, and recreational fishing facility.

States Organization for Boating Access.

The extent at which the area on the map depicts the area to be impacted by your project.

Single Point of Contact

Any State of the United States, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.  State also includes the District of Colombia for purposes of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, the Sport Fish Restoration program, and its subprograms.  State does not include the District of Columbia for purposes of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the programs and subprogram under the Act because the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act does not authorize funding for the District.  References to “the 50 States” apply only to the 50 States of the United States and do not include the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, or the territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. 

Passed in 2000, provides grant funds to State fish and wildlife agencies for developing and implementing programs that benefit wildlife and their habitats, including species that are not fished or hunted.

The Federal investment for expenses incurred for the purchase, the construction, or the major renovation of physical property owned by the state.

A specific descriptor that is used to define the specific objectives and outputs (units of measure) required for reporting purposes.  There are 14 Strategies used to define the project objectives as follows:

• Coordination and Administration
• Direct Habitat and Species Management
• Environmental Review
• Facilities and Areas Construction, Renovation or Acquisition
• Facilities and Areas O&M
• Incentives
• Outreach and Communications
• Planning
• Real Property Acquisition
• Research, Survey, Data Collection and Analysis
• Species Stocking
• Stakeholder Involvement
• Technical Assistance
• Training and Education

The entity which receives a sub-grant and is accountable for the use of the funds provided.

Subaccount means a record of financial transactions for groups of similar activities based on programs and subprograms.  Each group has a unique number.  Different subaccounts, also distinguish between benefits to marine or freshwater fisheries in the programs and subprograms authorized by the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act.  

A non-Federal entity that receives a sub-award from a pass-through entity to carry out part of a grant program; but does not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such program. A subrecipient may also be a recipient of other Federal awards directly from a Federal awarding agency.  Subrecipients have discretion and flexibility in designing a project to resolve an identified issue or problem.

An entity in which more than 50 percent of the entity is owned or controlled directly by a parent corporation or through another subsidiary of a parent corporation.

Substantial involvement occurs when the recipient and Service participate together in the management and/or performance of the activity/project.

Tangible, consumable and expendable personal property.

State Wildlife Grants

SAM is a Federal procurement and financial assistance Web site that consolidates the functionality that was previously in such systems as the CCR, Federal Agency Registration (Fedreg), the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS).

The System Management module is used by TRACS system administrators to manage or update system status and information, such as FBMS data and build information.