<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">All,<div><br></div><div>If you have any approved travelers who registered for the AMS Annual meeting before the lapse in appropriation and used a government-issued travel card to cover the registration fee, they should have received a reimbursement from AMS, less the $75 processing fee. </div><div><br></div><div>As noted below, employees should seek reimbursement for the $75 processing fee that is not credited back to the card or refunded directly to the employee by AMS. This reimbursement should be processed in the original E2 authorization as a voucher. Zero out all costs except $75 for registration. </div><div><br></div><div>If your traveler's authorization was already canceled in E2, then process the $75 voucher as a local travel reimbursement. </div><div><br></div><div>Genene</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">NWS Communications Office - NOAA Service Account</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nws.communications.office@noaa.gov">nws.communications.office@noaa.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 1:49 PM<br>Subject: AMS Conference - Official NOAA Participation Cancelled<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="149"><col width="475"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Request for Posting:</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
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</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mary Erickson </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deputy Director, National Weather Service</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Subject Line:</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_-3890156772433980912gmail-docs-internal-guid-959e17d9-7fff-b7c8-cc3f-883e4996a030"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AMS Conference - Official NOAA Participation Cancelled</span></span> <br></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Distribution:</span></p></td><td style="border:1px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_-3890156772433980912gmail-docs-internal-guid-a6074bd5-7fff-91d2-d073-eea699b34a51"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA Employees Scheduled to Attend AMS Annual Meeting</span></span> <br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:2.25pt"><table style="border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="621"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:7px"><div><img src="cid:ii_16815093ecfa36ddcb81" alt="All Hands.JPG" width="615" height="91"><br></div><span id="gmail-m_-3890156772433980912gmail-docs-internal-guid-53300f35-7fff-0874-4a0a-a8e129fe8a84"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA has determined that due to the lapse in appropriations, NOAA will not be able to participate in the AMS; </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">all official NOAA travel to the AMS is cancelled</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. As Group Travel lead for the AMS Conference, NWS is distributing this email to all on the Group Travel List. We ask that senior leaders in an Excepted or Intermittent status use phone trees to ensure all employees are aware of this decision. Dealing with the impacts of the shutdown on our scheduled attendance at AMS is considered a shutdown activity. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Starting today, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">will take actions for prudent cost avoidance. </span></p><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration Fees:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> NOAA will send the AMS a list of all NOAA employees on the approved group travel list, and will ask that our pre-registrations be cancelled, and funds reimbursed (less the $75 processing fee). The AMS has agreed that this is the most efficient approach for them. You should receive a verification of this cancellation from AMS to your NOAA email. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a change from yesterday’s guidance. </span></p></li></ol><br><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" start="2"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Airline Tickets & SATO reservations:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> NOAA is notifying SATO that travel to Phoenix for all on the group travel list should be cancelled. This may begin earlier than the normal 24h cancellation process. </span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Employee Responsibility: </span></p><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" start="3"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hotel Reservations: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> We recommend all employees personally call their hotel to cancel their reservation to avoid a cancellation fee. Most reservations were not made through SATO. If you do not cancel your hotel reservations before the deadline, you will not be reimbursed for any costs incurred.</span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Following is additional guidance provided by the NOAA General Counsel in coordination with NOAA AGO: </span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA personnel who would have been speakers at the conference may not attend in their personal capacity and continue to be speakers. This includes in person and remote presentations (for example, teleconference). </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"> </p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA personnel who would be mere attendees at the conference may attend in their personal capacity at their own expense and without reimbursement when the lapse in appropriations ends. In the event the lapse ends while the conference is ongoing and an employee chose to attend the conference in their personal capacity, the employee may be placed in a leave status.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt"> </p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA personnel who previously registered using their Government-issued travel cards to pay for the conference registration, if NOAA’s participation at the conference must be cancelled because of the continuation of the lapse: </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></p></li></ul></span><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOAA must inform those employees who would otherwise have been attending as speakers or attendees in their official capacity that NOAA must cancel its participation. </span></p></li></ul></span><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All travel authorizations must be rescinded and employees must be told that official travel is being cancelled. </span></p></li></ul></span><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Employees may optionally attend the conference in their personal capacity. </span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If the employee registered BEFORE the lapse in appropriations and used a Government-issued travel card to cover the registration fee, then:</span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If the employee decides to attend in their personal capacity, NOAA will not reimburse the employee for their registration fee, and if the employee has already been reimbursed by NOAA for use of their travel card, the employee must remit the cost of the registration fee back to NOAA. The amount remitted may be credited back to the appropriation account from which it came as a refund.</span></p></li></ul></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If the employee decides NOT to attend in their personal capacity, they should cancel their registration. Employees should seek reimbursement for the cancellation fee that is not credited back to the card or refunded directly to the employee by AMS. </span></p></li></ul></ul></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If the employee registered AFTER the lapse in appropriations, then the Government will NOT reimburse the employee for any costs the employee incurred. </span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If an employee made their own common carrier or lodging arrangements rather than through the travel management center as required by the FTR and Department policy, and the arrangements are non-refundable, NOAA will be unable to reimburse the employee for any such costs. </span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote></blockquote><span><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Voluntary services and what may employees can do in their personal capacity vs official capacity. If NOAA made an administrative determination that presenting or moderating a panel was in official capacity, then we must stick with that determination. Employees can not voluntarily offer to perform their function (e.g., record presentation, video teleconference for presentation or panel, etc.) </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_-3890156772433980912gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-m_-3890156772433980912gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contractors. A number of contractors will also be attending the AMS conference and certain contractor employees also have knowledge related to the issues for which government employees would have been presenting. There are two general variations on these inquiries: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p></li></ul></span><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Company is a contractor, will be at AMS irrespective of government participation, and employees of the Company have relevant knowledge or expertise. If company wants to assist AMS and moderate or present on a topic for which they have employees who have the knowledge and expertise, then it is up them if they as a company want to do so. In this scenario it must be made clear to both AMS and the company that the Government is not asking or directing the company’s participation, that its participation/assistance is not within the scope of the contract with the Government, and that company’s participation/assistance to AMS is between AMS and company. It should be made clear to the contractor that no costs associated with this effort can be billed to the government.</span></p></li></ul></span><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Company is a contractor, will be at AMS, and was also going as a government support contractor. As a threshold matter, will need to determine what activity they are supporting. If government is not attending, then there is likely no need for support and it is not clear as to what they are supporting. Under this scenario, it should again be made clear to the contractor that no costs associated with AMS attendance can be billed to the government.</span></p></li></ul></span><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If we are able to determine that the company is performing an activity under a government contract that continues at AMS, then will need to make sure:</span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">contract was funded for this purpose prior to the lapse and the funding continues beyond the start of the lapse, </span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access to government systems and facilities are not required, </span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">government personnel are not required to interact with or oversee contractor (we know that the relevant government employees are not otherwise funded nor exempt for this purpose), and</span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">does not incur any additional government obligations </span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Financial Assistance Recipients (inclusive of grants, cooperative agreements, and scholarship beneficiaries). A number of financial assistance recipients will also be attending and/or presenting at the AMS conference. This activity may continue consistent with the terms of the financial assistance award. </span></p></li></ul></span><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If we are able to determine that the recipient is performing an activity under a financial assistance award, then will need to make sure:</span></p></li></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the award was funded for this purpose prior to the lapse and the funding continues beyond the start of the lapse, </span></p></li></ul></ul></span><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access to government systems and facilities are not required, </span></p></li></ul></ul></span><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">government personnel are not required to interact with or oversee recipient (we know that the relevant government employees are not otherwise funded nor exempt for this purpose), and</span></p></li></ul></ul></span></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:square;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">does not incur any additional government obligations</span></p></li></ul></ul></span></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please coordinate matters related to AMS attendance by contractors and financial assistance recipients with your respective Contracting or Grants Officer as identified in the memorandum entitled “Contract and Grants Guidance during a Lapse in Appropriations,” dated December 22, 2018, issued by the Acquisition and Grants 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