(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) A growing trend by federal awarding agencies toward using administrative agreements and other alternative methods to address recipient responsibility is effecting the overall number of suspensions…

Some organizational acronyms pretty much don’t need too much thought. In the food industry, most of us are familiar with IHOP and KFC. In the federal government, you typically don’t have to tell someone the full name of agencies such…

This is why we here at Thompson offer an entire publication dedicated to the pre-award grant application process — to prevent mistakes like this recent one involving a West Virginia university.

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing internal procedures to support more consistent monitoring of states…

In case you missed it, federal agencies are now under orders to streamline and simplify procedures and regulations to reduce administrative burden. To see this in action, take a look at what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is doing….

A close inspection of the calendar shows us that tomorrow is the first day of June. And with June’s arrival, we begin asking the annual question, “When will the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) release this year’s version of…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Although the National Science Foundation (NSF) has not issued formal policy, agency officials are encouraging grant recipients to submit applicable post-award reports and grant applicants to…

If you’re a recipient or applicant of awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), listen up! NSF has drafted revisions to its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and is now seeking public comment on these proposed revisions….

I’m not exactly sure how many times I’ve said it over the last few months when talking with colleagues both at my office or out covering conferences and other events. Reporting on federal government action, or as it seems more…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to provide more resources to contractors it hires to perform…