PROJECT INFO

Use this screen to enter data that will appear in the heading of the NASA 533 reports, including the name and title of the federal addressee, scope of work, government contract number, and the name of the authorized representative of your company.

You can also use this screen to specify the format and budget revisions of the reports. You can designate different budget revisions for the monthly and quarterly reports.

You must complete this screen for each project that requires NASA 533 reporting. The information entered at the highest level is used for all lower levels of the project; therefore, you need to set up additional levels only when those levels use information that is different from the highest level.

Do not complete this screen until you have completed the Formats screen and the Project Budgets by Period screen (Projects » Budgeting and ETC » Period Budgets). Edit this screen only when one of the variables changes.

Project

Enter, or use to select, a valid project number. This is a required field.

Name

This non-editable field displays the name of the project.

Federal Addressee

Information in this group box appears in the heading of the NASA 533 reports. These fields are not required, but omitting them will result in incomplete reports.

Name

Enter the name of the contracting official or other designated recipient of the report.

Title 1

Enter the title of the report recipient.

Title 2

Enter an additional title of the report recipient.

Last Definitized Amendment

Enter, or use to select, the last definitized amendment for this project. This field prints in the heading of the reports. references the latest modification ID from the Modifications screen (Projects » Project Setup » Controls). This field is not required, so no validation is done on this entry.

Authorized Representative

Enter, or use to select, an authorized representative from your company who is responsible for submitting the 533 reports to NASA. This field prints in the heading of the reports. references the fields in the Name group box in the Basic Employee Info screen (People » Employee » Basic » Employee Setup). This field is not required, so no validation is done on this entry.

Scope of Work

Enter a brief description of the scope of work for this project. This field prints in the heading of the reports. You can enter up to 35 characters. This field is not required.

Contract Number

The Prime Contract No from the Maintain Project Master screen (Projects » Project Setup » Project Master) or the Basic Info screen (Projects » Project Setup » Project Master) is automatically displayed in this field, which prints in the heading of the reports. You can change this number. This field is not required, so no validation is done on this entry.

NASA 533 Format

Use the drop-down list to select a report format for this project. The values are from the Formats screen.

Budget Revisions

Use the fields in this group box to specify which budget revision is to be used on the report columns. You can enter unlimited budget revisions, or scenarios, in the screens in the Period Budgets menu in Costpoint Budgeting and ETC. You can designate any of these to be used in the columns of the report. The Project Budgets by Period screen (Projects » Budgeting and ETC » Period Budgets) is the source for this information.

Monthly

Enter, or use to select, a valid budget revision for the monthly report. This is a required field. Information from this revision will be used to complete the following columns on the NASA 533M report:

Quarterly

In this required field, enter, or use to select, a valid budget revision for the quarterly report. If no revision is entered, the revision from the Monthly field will be the default. Information from this revision will be used to complete the following columns on the NASA 533Q report:

Contract Value

Enter, or use to select, a valid budget revision for the contract value. Information from this revision is used for the Contract Value (column 9b) for the top level (level one) of the contract only; therefore, you can reference the same total budget revision, as new task budgets are being continually added. All lower level NASA 533M and NASA 533Q reports will use the appropriate Monthly or Quarterly revisions for the Contract Value column. If you enter no revision, the revision from the Monthly field will be the default. This is a required field.

Column 8a

Enter, or use to select, a valid budget revision for the monthly report. Information from this revision will be used to complete the NASA 533M next month values (column 8a) for the Estimated Cost/Hours To Complete columns. If you enter no revision, the revision from the Monthly field will be the default. This is a required field.

Column 8b

Enter, or use to select, a valid budget revision for the monthly report. Information from this revision will be used to complete the NASA 533M month values for the month after next (column 8b) for the Estimated Cost/Hours To Complete columns. If you enter no revision, the revision from the Monthly field will be the default. This is a required field.

Start of Current Contract Year

Period

Enter, or use the drop-down list to select, a valid period for the start of the current contract year. Use this option to override the default reporting periods that are specified in the Map Fiscal Years for Reporting and Map Accounting Periods for Reporting screens, so you can print reports by contract year rather than fiscal year. Use this option only if you are printing NASA 533 reports with year-to-date amounts.

SubPeriod

Enter, or use the drop-down list to select, a valid subperiod for the start of the current contract year.

Table Information

Changes to this screen update the NASA_PROJ table.