# T029 — ACIN Funding Obtained Language vs No Federal Award Several ACIN planning and agreement records speak as though federal funding had been obtained, accepted, or authorized. The produced clearinghouse records and final custodian correspondence establish the controlling status: as of 2026-07-23, DOJ had not issued an award package or approved a final budget. The tension is resolved as a temporal/document-status problem—anticipatory and template language did not establish an award. ## Statement A - The standard MOU says, "Grant funding has been obtained for the operation of the Network for the first three (3) years" ([[ACIN Agreements and Participation Terms]], `AGR-201_El_Dorado_PD_MOU_EXECUTED_2026-05-15.pdf`, p. 2). - The strategic overview says, "Federal Funding Authorization: January 2026, Complete" ([[ACIN Origin and Project Evolution]], `BRF-301_ACIN_Executive_Strategic_Overview_2026-02-27.pdf`, p. 2). - The compiled grant binder says, "ACIN formally accepts the DOJ COPS Office Technology award" ([[ACIN Proposed Federal Grant and Budget]], `GRN-101_Combined_ACIN_Master_Grant_REDACTED.pdf`, p. 5). - July status material labels agencies "Integrating" and "Integrating / On-Site" ([[ACIN Participant and Integration Status]], `STS-301_ACIN_Agency_Status_2026-07-15.pdf`, p. 1). ## Statement B - The clearinghouse email instructs ACIN to complete the award-notification form "[w]hen funds are received" and to disregard it otherwise. It also calls the submitted state application incomplete ([[ACIN Proposed Federal Grant and Budget]], `GRN-201_State_Clearinghouse_Signoff_Email_REDACTED_2026-07-06.eml`, plain-text body). - The clearinghouse letter says, "If a Grant Award is received," the clearinghouse must be notified (`GRN-202_Arkansas_State_Clearinghouse_Signoff_Letter_2026-07-06.pdf`, p. 1). - The award form says to complete and return it only after the project is approved (`GRN-203_State_Clearinghouse_Blank_Award_Notification_Form.pdf`, p. 1). - Casey Clark's final transmittal says DOJ had not issued an award package or approved a final budget as of 2026-07-23 (Gmail message `19f93fc1866e1bee`). - The Peregrine contract requires a later written funds-availability notice before kickoff and payment ([[Peregrine and Carahsoft Executed Contract]], `CON-002_Peregrine_Carahsoft_Executed_Contract_2026-03-17.pdf`, p. 3). ## Why it matters Treating a congressional designation, application, proposed budget, or signed contingent contract as an award would falsely convert planning into expenditure and implementation. It would also make project-authored integration labels appear independently verified when the contract's funding trigger is unproved. ## Resolution status `resolved-via-final-custodian-correspondence-and-clearinghouse-records` — no federal award package or approved final budget existed as of 2026-07-23. Earlier obtained/accepted/complete language is treated as anticipatory, template, or inaccurate project language for that date. A later award would be a new event requiring new records. ## Discovery Surfaced during the 2026-07-25 ingest of [[pulaski-county-prosecutor/2026-07-24-acin-final-package/_overview|ACIN Final Package Overview]]. ## Notes The resolution does not void the signed vendor agreements. It limits what those agreements prove: assent and contingent terms, not funding, payment, kickoff, acceptance, or operation.