Department of State
To date, SRS has received some SWO orders directly from Department of State. Pass thru entities (where TAMU is a subrecipient) can make independent decisions to pause awards.
On January 24, you received a stop work order (SWO) from ISN/CTR suspending all awards funded by foreign assistance, in response to the President’s Executive Order on “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid” and subsequent State Department guidance. That SWO still stands, but we wanted to share with you the latest guidance in response to several questions we have received.
ISN/CTR has decided to completely cancel all events/engagements through April 19 which is the duration of the 90-day foreign assistance review period. They ask that any implementers that have pending (but paused) events through April 19 to cancel those engagements completely. Legitimate costs associated with the cancelation of these engagements can be billed. However, those require a higher level of approvals and will not be solely at the grants officer’s discretion to approve. Please direct any questions to ISN-CTR-BUDGET@state.gov.
There are very limited instances when some projects have been permitted to continue while the foreign assistance review takes place. These are very limited exceptions and if a project has been approved to restart within this 90-day period, ISN/CTR will reach out directly and provide guidance on what elements of a project have been approved to continue.