Grant-compliance officer must resolve whether the RIA would survive OIRA

Situation

Emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet arrived with a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year for grant-compliance officer. That is a Government Budget and Performance decision on the RIA would survive in a reorganization that moves programs across bureaus.

Decision

Grant-compliance officer in a reorganization that moves programs across bureaus must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Pay or continue now; emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet already has the discriminator after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.
• Keep Recoup in force until emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet is completed after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year for grant-compliance officer.
• Treat emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet as Deny because both readings appear after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.
• Refuse a Government close: grant-compliance officer does not have the page the RIA would survive turns on in emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet.

Analysis required

• Map eligibility, appropriation, and program rules in emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year.
• Name the statutory hook that emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet does or does not support.
• Test a single-case exception versus a control gap in a reorganization that moves programs across bureaus.
• For this Government Budget and Performance file, read emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet against a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year and write the one fact that would move the RIA would survive for grant-compliance officer.

Recommendation

Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Government / Budget and Performance packet (emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year). Lead with the Government option emergency resource-allocation spreadsheet can support after a performance target that was quietly changed mid-year, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for grant-compliance officer in a reorganization that moves programs across bureaus.