Each award that is granted pursuant to an application process must include documentation to support the award.
     (a) For each State or federal pass-through award that is granted following an application process, the State grant-making agency shall create a grant award file. The grant award file shall contain, at a minimum:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 708/110

  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (1) A description of the grant.
         (2) The Notice of Opportunity, if applicable.
         (3) All applications received in response to the
    
Notice of Opportunity, if applicable.
        (4) Copies of any written communications between an
    
applicant and the State grant-making agency, if applicable.
        (5) The criteria used to evaluate the applications,
    
if applicable.
        (6) The scores assigned to each applicant according
    
to the criteria, if applicable.
        (7) A written determination, signed by an authorized
    
representative of the State grant-making agency, setting forth the reason for the grant award decision, if applicable.
        (8) The Notice of Award.
         (9) Any other pre-award documents.
         (10) The grant agreement and any renewals, if
    
applicable;
        (11) All post-award, administration, and close-out
    
documents relating to the grant.
        (12) Any other information relevant to the grant
    
award.
    (b) The grant file shall not include trade secrets or other competitively sensitive, confidential, or proprietary information.
     (c) Each grant file shall be maintained by the State grant-making agency and, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, shall be available for public inspection and copying within 7 calendar days following award of the grant.