An indirect cost negotiation agreement is a document that formalizes the indirect cost rate negotiation process. The program(s) to which the rate(s) is/are applicable. It also provides information on the base(s) used to distribute indirect costs, and the treatment of fringe benefits and paid absences.
Misconception: The edge of a continent is the same thing as a plate boundary. There is a natural sensibility to Geologyâs Theory of Plate Tectonics. Obviously, continents have moved, because of the puzzle-like fit of the continent edges across the Atlantic Ocean.
The theory of plate tectonics tells us that earth's crust is broken up into plates. These plate-like sections of the earth's crust are known as tectonic plates, or lithospheric plates, and they very slowly float around on top of the hotter and more fluid asthenosphere. There are seven major tectonic plates.