CFR > Title 32 - National Defense > SUBTITLE A—Department of Defense > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (parts 1 to 399) > SUBCHAPTER C—DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS (Parts 21–37) > PART 21—DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS—GENERAL MATTERS > SUBPART E—Information Reporting on Awards Subject to 31 U.S.C. Chapter 61 (§21.500 to §21.565) > 21.565—Must DoD Components' electronic systems accept Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) numbers?

21.565—Must DoD Components' electronic systems accept Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) numbers?

The DoD Components must comply with paragraph 5.e of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policy directive entitled, “Requirement for a DUNS number in Applications for Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements.” 6 Paragraph 5.e requires electronic systems that handle information about grants and cooperative agreements (which, for the DoD, include Technology Investment Agreements) to accept DUNS numbers. Each DoD Component that awards or administers grants or cooperative agreements must ensure that DUNS numbers are accepted by each such system for which the DoD Component controls the system specifications. If the specifications of such a system are subject to another organization's control and the system can not accept DUNS numbers, the DoD Component must alert that organization to the OMB policy directive's requirement for use of DUNS numbers with a copy to: Director for Basic Sciences, ODDR&E, 3040 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3040.

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Footnote(s): 6 This OMB policy directive is available at the Internet site http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_docs.html.
[72 FR 34986, June 26, 2007]