Section 7000.20 Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit (GATU)

Section 7000.20  Grant Accountability and Transparency

Unit (GATU)

a)         Under

Section 55(b) of the Act, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget (GOMB)

shall establish a centralized unit within GOMB known as the Grant Accountability

and Transparency Unit.

b)         GATU

will be responsible for adopting rules, implementing a State-wide grants

management framework for compliance with the rules, and monitoring the implemented

framework.

c)         GATU

will

be funded with a portion of the administrative funds provided under

existing and future State, federal pass-through

, and federal

grants

.

State agency charges

will be allocated

through a revolving fund named

the GATA Fund.  State agency charges will be

based on the actual cost of the

services provided in accordance with applicable federal cost principles

contained

in

the Uniform Requirements. [30 ILCS 708/55(b)] The GATA

Fund may include catch-up billings for prior fiscal year amounts due. State

agencies can use appropriations from the fiscal year in which the catch-up

billing is issued. (See 30 ILCS 105/25(i).)

d)         GATA

will not cause a reduction in the amount of State or federal awards that have

been or will be directed to State agencies or public institutions of higher

education

. [30 ILCS 708/55(b)]