Section 541.11.2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

“Applicant agency” means the agency intending to apply, or applying for, a competitive grant.

“Competitive grant application” means a grant application that is in competition with other applications for limited funds.

“Federal Executive Order 12372” means the federal executive order that provides for the establishment of a process for the coordination and review of proposed federal financial assistance. In the Order, states are encouraged to develop their own processes, and federal agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, utilize the state process.

“GEMS coordinator” means the person appointed by the director of the department of management to coordinate the grants enterprise management system.

“I/3 grant tracking module” means Integrated Information for Iowa (I/3) and the portion of the I/3 cost accounting module designed to collect data on all nonstate funds received by state government agencies.

“Single point of contact” means the GEMS coordinator.

“State agency” means any department or agency of state government except the board of regents.