# 44 Ill. Adm. Code 7000.20: Section 7000.20 Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit (GATU)

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## Section

- **Citation:** 44 Ill. Adm. Code 7000.20
- **Heading:** Section 7000.20 Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit (GATU)
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 44 GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACTS, GRANTMAKING, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT / CHAPTER I: GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET / Part 7000 GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT / Section 7000.20 Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit (GATU)

## Text

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)]

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