EPA Ditches Outdated Grants Records System for Good
Published Date: 3/23/2026
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Summary
The EPA is officially retiring its old grants record system called IGMS/NGGS because it no longer uses personal info to find records. This change affects anyone interested in how the EPA handles grant data and means the system stopped being active in July 2024. If you want to share your thoughts, you’ve got until April 22, 2026, to speak up—no money changes here, just cleaner data rules!
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EPA retires IGMS/NGGS grants records
The EPA proposes to rescind its Integrated Grants Management System (IGMS)/Next Generation Grants System (NGGS), also called EPA-53, because the agency says those grant records are not retrieved by personal identifiers. The system stopped being maintained in July 2024, and you may submit comments on the rescindment through April 22, 2026. There are no changes to money or payments in this notice—it is a change to how grant records are managed and retrieved.
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