The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.
The catalog had its genesis in 1984. The federal government transferred the responsibilities of the Federal Program Information Act from the Office of Management and Budget to the General Services Administration. Included in this transfer was the responsibility for the distribution of all Federal domestic assistance program information through the CFDA.
Responsibility for the database of Federal assistance lies with the General Services Administration. The OMB interfaces with the range of Federal agencies on behalf of the GSA delivering the required oversight to the program data related to domestic assistance.
As the basic reference source of Federal programs, the primary purpose of the Catalog is to assist users in identifying programs that meet specific objectives of the potential applicant, and to obtain general information on Federal assistance programs. In addition, the intent of the Catalog is to improve coordination and communication between the Federal government and State and local governments.
The Catalog lets grant seekers access all domestic programs managed by Federal agencies and departments in a single resource. All information is cross referenced by functional classification, Subject Index, applicant, Deadlines Index, and authorizing legislation. All of this information is invaluable as research tools that can make it easier to identify specific areas of program interest more efficiently.
For years, GSA has published a printed version of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, as required by legislation dating to 1977 and 1983. That same legislation allowed GSA to distribute free copies of the printed Catalog to designated recipients. In fiscal year 2003, nearly 10,000 paper copies of the Catalog were distributed at no cost to the recipients.
New rulings now gives the General Services Administration discretion in what form to produce and disseminate the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The General Services Administration is endeavoring to move to a more paper free environment and toward that end now maintains and distributes the Catalog through the CFDA Website. The General Services Administration no longer prints and distributes free copies of the Catalog. - 2364
The catalog had its genesis in 1984. The federal government transferred the responsibilities of the Federal Program Information Act from the Office of Management and Budget to the General Services Administration. Included in this transfer was the responsibility for the distribution of all Federal domestic assistance program information through the CFDA.
Responsibility for the database of Federal assistance lies with the General Services Administration. The OMB interfaces with the range of Federal agencies on behalf of the GSA delivering the required oversight to the program data related to domestic assistance.
As the basic reference source of Federal programs, the primary purpose of the Catalog is to assist users in identifying programs that meet specific objectives of the potential applicant, and to obtain general information on Federal assistance programs. In addition, the intent of the Catalog is to improve coordination and communication between the Federal government and State and local governments.
The Catalog lets grant seekers access all domestic programs managed by Federal agencies and departments in a single resource. All information is cross referenced by functional classification, Subject Index, applicant, Deadlines Index, and authorizing legislation. All of this information is invaluable as research tools that can make it easier to identify specific areas of program interest more efficiently.
For years, GSA has published a printed version of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, as required by legislation dating to 1977 and 1983. That same legislation allowed GSA to distribute free copies of the printed Catalog to designated recipients. In fiscal year 2003, nearly 10,000 paper copies of the Catalog were distributed at no cost to the recipients.
New rulings now gives the General Services Administration discretion in what form to produce and disseminate the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. The General Services Administration is endeavoring to move to a more paper free environment and toward that end now maintains and distributes the Catalog through the CFDA Website. The General Services Administration no longer prints and distributes free copies of the Catalog. - 2364
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Michael Saunders has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He edits a site on federal government grants and is CEO of Information Organizers, LLC.
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