Here is a list of basic requirements that cities, counties, schools, and other purchasing organization will have to meet in order to have access to ARRA funding:
- DUNS Number
- Accountability and Transparency
- Infrastructure projects must be certified to have received full reviews and vetting as required by law
- Investments must be reported quarterly
- Registered with Central Contractor Registration (http://www.grants.gov/)
- Annual Audit
- Grant funds must be audited annually per Single Audit Act Amendments of 1966
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Environmental Assessment to determent if Environment Impact Statement required
- Uniform Relocation Act
- Policies regarding compensation of those displaced from home or business by a public program
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Disabled persons shall not be excluded from participation or denied benefits based solely on disability
- Davis Beacon Act
- Workers on federally funded projects must be paid at least the locally prevailing wage and benefits
- Buy American
- No Recovery Act funds may be used in the building, repair, maintenance, or alteration of a public building or work unless all of the “iron, steel and manufactured goods used in the project are produced in the United States”, with certain exception
- Equal Education Opportunities Act
- Faculty, staff, and students may not be discriminated against and school districts are required to overcome barriers to students’ equal participation
- Title VI
- Discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs receiving federal assistance is prohibited
- Title VII
- Workplace discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex is prohibited
- Title IX
- Prohibits discrimination based on sex in education or activity receiving federal money
- Age Discrimination Act of 1975
- No discrimination on basis of age in program or activity receiving federal money
- Fair Housing Act
- In sale, rental, or financing of dwellings, no discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sec, familial status or handicap
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- In consumer credit reports, promotes accuracy and ensures privacy of information
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Employment discrimination against persons 40 years old or older prohibited
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability is prohibited
- Historic Preservation Act
- Required review process for all federally funded projects affecting sites listed or eligible to be listed on the National Register for Historic Places
Source: North Carolina League of Municipalities Southern City