Definitions
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(a) As used in this chapter, the term—
(1)
“Comptroller General” means the Comptroller General of the United States;
(2)
“Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(3)
“Federal agency” has the same meaning as the term “agency” in section 551(1) of title 5;
(4)
“Federal awards” means Federal financial assistance and Federal cost-reimbursement contracts that non-Federal entities receive directly from Federal awarding agencies or indirectly from pass-through entities;
(5)
“Federal financial assistance” means assistance that non-Federal entities receive or administer in the form of grants, loans, loan guarantees, property, cooperative agreements, interest subsidies, insurance, food commodities, direct appropriations, or other assistance, but does not include amounts received as reimbursement for services rendered to individuals in accordance with guidance issued by the Director;
(6)
“Federal program” means all Federal awards to a non-Federal entity assigned a single number in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or encompassed in a group of numbers or other category as defined by the Director;
(7)
“generally accepted government auditing standards” means the government auditing standards issued by the Comptroller General;
(8) “independent auditor” means—
(A)
an external State or local government auditor who meets the independence standards included in generally accepted government auditing standards; or
(B)
a public accountant who meets such independence standards;