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Completing the FFATA certification

Why awards of $30,000 or more need it, what you're asked, and how to certify in a minute or two.

6 steps

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) requires GOHSEP to report every award of $30,000 or more in federal funds on SAM.gov. Before your funding agreement can be signed, your Authorized Representative confirms your organization's SAM.gov details and answers a few questions about federal revenue.

Only the Authorized Representative can complete it. Everyone else on the team sees who it's waiting on.

Jump to a step (6)
  1. 1Start from your email or your Home page
  2. 2Or open it from the award
  3. 3Check your organization in SAM.gov
  4. 4Answer the questions and certify
  5. 5The agreement is ready to sign
  6. 6Your team is told it's done

Steps

  1. 1

    Start from your email or your Home page

    The award email's “Complete the FFATA certification” button opens it directly. In GMPro, your Home page shows “Certify your FFATA facts” as your next step, with where it fits in the award: issued, FFATA, signing, GOHSEP's check and, for SHSP and UASI, LETPA.

  2. 2

    Or open it from the award

    On the award page, “Accept your award” marks “Complete the FFATA certification” as “You are here”. Click “Start the certification”.

  3. 3

    Check your organization in SAM.gov

    The legal name, UEI and physical address come from your SAM.gov registration — they're what GOHSEP reports. If anything is wrong, correct it in SAM.gov and let GOHSEP know.

  4. 4

    Answer the questions and certify

    Answer for your organization as a whole, for its last fiscal year: did 80% or more of its gross revenue come from federal sources? Only a “Yes” brings a follow-up (was that $25 million or more?), and only “Yes” to both asks whether your executives' pay is already public. If it isn't, you list your five highest-paid executives and their total compensation. Then tick the certification and click “Certify”.

    Not sure of your organization's federal revenue? Ask your finance office before you answer.

  5. 5

    The agreement is ready to sign

    As soon as you certify, “Accept your award” checks off the FFATA certification, with who certified and when, and moves you to “Sign the award packet”: your funding agreement is ready to sign. GMPro emails you to choose how to sign it. See Signing your award.

  6. 6

    Your team is told it's done

    The rest of your grant team gets a note that the FFATA certification is complete and the agreement can be signed.