Federal Grant Cost Allowability Screen

Evidence-bounded result

The skill structures the supplied record, separates observations from inference, names missing evidence, and routes the unresolved decision to the accountable owner.

{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "case_id": "DEMO-001",
  "domain": "Federal grant administration",
  "evidence_boundary": {
    "reviewed": [
      "approved budget",
      "notice of award and project narrative",
      "program manager statement",
      "vendor quote"
    ],
    "unavailable": [
      "allocation_basis",
      "prior_approval"
    ]
  },
  "evidence_ledger": [
    {
      "item": "award_purpose",
      "status": "OBSERVED",
      "finding": "award purpose is observed in the worked case.",
      "source_refs": [
        "notice of award and project narrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "item": "cost_description",
      "status": "OBSERVED",
      "finding": "cost description is observed in the worked case.",
      "source_refs": [
        "vendor quote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "item": "project_benefit",
      "status": "REPORTED",
      "finding": "project benefit is reported in the worked case.",
      "source_refs": [
        "program manager statement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "item": "allocation_basis",
      "status": "MISSING",
      "finding": "allocation basis is missing in the worked case.",
      "source_refs": []
    },
    {
      "item": "budget_treatment",
      "status": "OBSERVED",
      "finding": "budget treatment is observed in the worked case.",
      "source_refs": [
        "approved budget"
      ]
    },
    {
      "item": "prior_approval",
      "status": "MISSING",
      "finding": "prior approval is missing in the worked case.",
      "source_refs": []
    }
  ],
  "cost_review_route": "PRIOR_APPROVAL_REVIEW",
  "allowability_decision": "NOT_MADE",
  "dependency_map": [
    "Final decision depends on Authorized grants officer or institutional finance owner and every route-changing missing artifact."
  ],
  "next_evidence": [
    "allocation_basis",
    "prior_approval"
  ],
  "decision_owner": "Authorized grants officer or institutional finance owner",
  "limitations": [
    "No allowability conclusion.",
    "No expense posting.",
    "No budget amendment.",
    "No agency approval or audit assurance."
  ]
}

Next step: collect the named missing evidence and complete the authorized domain review before acting.