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User's Guide V1.1 Page 23 of 24 <br /> OBEMLA The acronym for the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs, a <br /> program office in the Department of Education. <br /> OBLIGATION An encumbrance of funds issued by the Department of Education to a grantee <br /> in support of education projects. <br /> OC Object Class. Also referred to as Objective Classification, is a method of recording <br /> financial transactions in terms of the nature of the services or articles for which obligations are <br /> first incurred. This method is prescribed by the OMB circular A -12 and the Department of <br /> Treasury circular 1073. It is used throughout the federal government when submitting budgets. <br /> OCF &CIO The acronym for the Department of Education's Office of the Chief Financial and <br /> Chief Information Officer. <br /> OCR The acronym for the Office of Civil Rights, a program office in the Department of <br /> Education. <br /> OERI The acronym for the Office of Educational research and Improvement, a program office <br /> in the Department of Education. <br /> OESE The acronym for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, a program office in <br /> the Department of Education. <br /> OMB The acronym for the Office of Management and Budget. <br /> OPE The acronym for the Office of Postsecondary Education, a program office in the <br /> Department of Education. <br /> OSERS The acronym for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, a <br /> program office in the Department of Education. <br /> OVAE The acronym for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, a program office in the <br /> Department of Education. <br /> PASSWORD The password is a unique, eight- character string that may consist of letters and <br /> numbers. Payees use the password along with the User Identification to access GAPS. See <br /> also User Identification. <br /> PAYEE The recipient (organization or individual) of Department of Education funds who is <br /> responsible for accounting for those funds. The payee may be a single entity, such as a <br /> college, or a central finance office which requests funds and prepares financial reports for <br /> several organizations within its system. <br /> PAYMENT Funds that GAPS deposits into payees accounts. The payment must be disbursed <br /> within three business days. <br /> PERFORMANCE PERIOD The period of time between the grant award begin date and the <br /> grant award end date during which grant award funds may be obligated and drawn down. See <br /> also award periods. <br /> http: / /e- grants .ed.gov /gapsweb/help /intro.html 6/18/2002 <br />