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Sponsored Project Telephones and Office Equipment
The funding and responsibility for the provision of telephones and office equipment required by sponsored projects has been delegated to the Schools and Colleges and other Responsibility Centers consistent with the University's overall management incentives program. Project Directors should contact their dean, director, or department administrator for information concerning procedures established for the handling of requests for such equipment.
According to federal regulations (OMB Circular A-21), the purchase of general purpose equipment (e.g., office equipment and furnishings, including desk top computers and telephones) is unallowable as a direct charge to grant budgets except where such expenditures are approved in advance by the sponsoring agency. Specific advance approval telephone toll charges as a direct cost generally is not required by the sponsoring agency.