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Index of Foreign Market Development (Cooperator) Program Notices |
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| FMD12001 | 2012 General Pay Scale | January 25, 2012 |
| Use this pay scale to calculate allowable pay rates for employees, contractors, and consultants. The maximum daily gross salary is $496.48 per day. | ||
| FMD11003 | Clarification Regarding the Eligibility of Product Samples | August 12, 2011 |
| This program notice is being issued to clarify what constitutes product samples. | ||
| FMD11002 | Fly America Act and the European Union (EU) Open Skies Agreement | April 15, 2011 |
| FMD11001 | 2011 General Pay Scale | January 13, 2011 |
| Use this pay scale to calculate allowable pay rates for employees, contractors, and consultants. The maximum daily gross salary is $496.48 per day. | ||
| FMD10004 | FMD Program Evaluation | March 22, 2010 |
| FMD Cooperator shall conduct an evaluation of its program. The program evaluation may be a review of the FMD Cooperator’s entire program or any appropriate portion of the program to determine the effectiveness of the strategy in meeting specified goals. An FMD Cooperator shall complete at least one program evaluation each year. | ||
| FMD10003 | 2010 General Pay Scale | January 15, 2010 |
| Use this pay scale to calculate allowable pay rates for employees, contractors, and consultants. The maximum daily gross salary is $496.48 per day. | ||
| FMD10002 | List of Restricted Countries | November 17, 2009 |
| Commodity Credit Corporation funds may not be used for market development or export promotion activities in certain countries. Section 908(a)(1) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 states that, “No United States Government assistance, including United States foreign assistance, United States export assistance, and any United States credit or guarantees shall be available for exports to Cuba or for commercial exports to Iran, Libya, North Korea, or Sudan.” In 2004, however, the President waived application of this provision to Libya. | ||
| FMD10001 | FMD Reimbursable Baggage Allowance | November 17, 2009 |
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This notice is to provide clarification on Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) policy on reimbursable baggage allowance for authorized travel expenses. FAS will reimburse Cooperators under the FMD program for up to two checked bags, provided this is identified as a miscellaneous expense on the travel authorization and approved prior to travel. |
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| FMD07002 | OMB Circular A-133 Audits | March 1, 2007 |
| All program participants are required to provide copies of completed A-133 Audits. | ||
| FMD06003 | Use of Special Advance Payments | February 24, 2006 |
| Due to the significantly low level of forward funding in the Cooperator program, FAS cannot authorize any increases in operating advances. As a means of addressing this issue, FAS will no longer require Cooperators to include SAPRs in the operating advance calculation. All Cooperators are eligible to submit SAPRs and encouraged to do so, when appropriate [ref. 7 CFR 1484.57 (a), (b). | ||
| FMD06002 | Reimbursement of Travel Costs in the U.S. | January 31, 2006 |
| MAP and FMD program participants are authorized to seek reimbursement of travel and per diem expenses of ONE home office employee, state department of agriculture employee OR participant board member to accompany foreign trade missions and technical teams while traveling in the United States. | ||
| FMD05003 | Program Regulations and Policies Regarding Contracting and Conflict of Interest | May 16, 2005 |
| MAP participants and FMD cooperators that enter into third-party contracts are reminded of the following regulations and policies that govern such contracts. | ||
| FMD05002 | Collection and Retention of Cancelled Checks | May 12, 2005 |
| Financial institutions have adopted policies of not returning cancelled checks to account holders. Program participants need not seek to acquire and retain program related cancelled checks as proof of payment. See program notice for further details. | ||
| N/A | FAS Response to OMB Circular A-133 | October 25, 2004 |
| FAS postpones the effect date of the notice issued July 14, 2004. | ||
| N/A | OMB Circular A-133 | July 14, 2004 |
| Organizations who expend $500,000 or more of Federal funds in a year need to comply with OMB Circular A-133. | ||
| FMD03003 | Reimbursement of Telephone Calls and Internet Expenses | November 18, 2003 |
| FAS clarifies the eligibility of telephone call made and internet expenses incurred while on travel. | ||
| FMD03002 | Business Class Airfare | November 18, 2003 |
| FAS eliminates the provision that disallows reimbursement of business class airfare for travelers returning on Friday and Saturday. | ||
| FMD02004 | Electronic Ticketing for Airline Travel ("E-Tickets") | November 19, 2002 |
| Guidance concerning the reimbursement of electronic ticketing ("E-Tickets") for airline travel. | ||
| FMD02003 | Compensation and Allowances | September 26, 2002 |
| This notice is to clarify the provisions found in 7 CFR 1484.54(b)(11) and 7 CFR 1485.16(c)(1) concerning the reimbursement of compensation and allowances under the Foreign Market Development Cooperator (Cooperator) Program and the Market Access Program (MAP), respectively | ||
| FMD01004 | U.S. Pavilions at International Trade Shows | September 10, 2001 |
| CCC funds will only be used to reimburse eligible trade show expenses for FMD Cooperators and MAP participants or companies located within a U.S. pavilion. | ||
| FMD01003 | Reimbursable Internet Costs | July 17, 2001 |
| FAS may reimburse up to 100 percent of specified Internet costs. | ||
| FMD00009 | Duplicate Activity Codes | August 14, 2000 |
| Criteria for Duplicate Activity Codes. | ||
| FMD00008 | Activity Status Report | July 7, 2000 |
| The monthly Activity Status Report is now available online. | ||
| FMD00007 | Delays in Processing FMD Reimbursement Claims | May 11, 2000 |
| Installation of FAS' new accounting system will delay the processing of FMD reimbursements. | ||
| FMD00006 | Operating Advance Procedures | April 27, 2000 |
| Operating Advances must be deposited in insured, interest-bearing accounts, unless prohibited by law or custom of host country. | ||
| FMD00003 | Use of Discounted Airline Tickets | February 25, 2000 |
| CCC will reimburse the costs of discounted airline tickets | ||
| FMD99008 | Compensation for Non-U.S. Citizen Employees | November 3, 1999 |
| Procedures for requesting "supergrade" salaries. | ||
| FMD99007 | Contracting Standards and Procedures | October 13, 1999 |
| FAS guidance on contracting standards and procedures | ||
| FMD99006 | Business Class Travel | October 8, 1999 |
| Circumstances when business class travel will be reimburse above full fare economy class. | ||
| FMD99005 | Personal Phone Calls by Travelers | September 3, 1999 |
| Communicates FAS's policy concerning reimbursement for authorized telephone calls while in a travel status. | ||
| FMD98013 | Use of Wireless Phones | November 4, 1998 |
| FAS will reimburse the cost of wireless phone airtime devoted to program activities. | ||
| FMD98008 | Use of Discounted Airline Tickets | September 1, 1998 |
| FAS will only reimburse cooperators/participants for the amount shown on the passenger receipt. | ||
| FMD98007 | Insurance Coverage for Capital Goods | July 30, 1998 |
| All Participants are required to insure all capital goods. | ||
| FMD98003 | Refund Checks | February 12, 1998 |
| All refund checks must be accompanied by adequate documentation to ensure proper crediting to program activities and accounts. Make the check payable to the Foreign Agricultural Service. Attach a reimbursement claim which is assigned the next sequential number in the cooperator's program. | ||
| FMD-187 | Listing of Restricted Countries | December 17, 1997 |
| Restricted countries include: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, N. Korea, & Sudan. | ||
| FMD-223 | End -of-Year Contribution Report - Paperwork Reduction | December 16, 1997 |
| FAS simplified the format no longer requiring the identification of all contributions at the activity, country, or constraint levels. Only a cost code summary is required. | ||
| FMD-221 | Calculating and Documenting Industry Contributions | November 26, 1997 |
| Clarification on the proper documentation and calculation of eligible contributions, especially good and services provided. | ||
| FMD-219 | Close of 1996 Reimbursement Period For FMD Expense Claims | September 4, 1997 |
| All expense claims for the 1996 program must be received in MOS by September 30, 1997. Make sure that all information on the claim is correct and that there is sufficient funds to reimburse the expenditures. | ||
| FMD-218 | FY 1998 Identification of Contingent Liabilities and Government Travel | September 2, 1997 |
| Provide the itemized list of the estimated costs of all FY 1998 contingent liabilities for each overseas office and the dates and costs of proposed travel involving non-FAS USDA employees. | ||
| FMD97022 | Trip Report Format | June 18, 1997 |
| A simplified and uniform format for MAP and FMD trip reports. | ||
| FMD-212 | Guidelines for Sales and Trade Relations Expenses | May 6, 1997 |
| The American Embassy representational spending guidelines as a basis for auditing STRE claims. These written guidelines should be available from the Administrative Counselor in the American Embassy. | ||
| FMD-204 | Signature Card | November 15, 1996 |
| MOS has redesigned the signature card and only one card is now required. | ||
| FMD-203 | OMB Circular A-133 | October 21, 1996 |
| FAS is operating under the legal opinion that OMB Circular A-133, pertaining to audits of institutions of To provide the best possible representation of the FMD and MAP programs, cooperators and participants should use the following guidelines when preparing success stories; attention-getting title, eye-catching graph, a lead paragraph focusing on the impact of the program on the US economy, and identifying the key strategy(s) that brought about the success. higher education and other nonprofit institutions, would be applicable to the FMD program. | ||
| FMD-201 | Submission of Program Success Stories | Jul 18, 1996 |
| To provide the best possible representation of the FMD and MAP programs, cooperators and participants should use the following guidelines when preparing success stories; attention-getting title, eye-catching graph, a lead paragraph focusing on the impact of the program on the US economy, and identifying the key strategy(s) that brought about the success. | ||
| FMD-178 | Nonexpendable Project Property | May 1, 1996 |
| Cooperators must provide the following information in the marketing plan when using project funds to purchase, lease and repair Nonexpendable property; (1) if cost of item equals or exceeds $1000, a brief description and cost under the Administrative Cost Summary, and the cost of the item included in cost code 70, (2) if cost of item is less than $1000, simply include cost in cost code 70. | ||
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