So What’s So Special About June 1?
If you are a recipient of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act award funding from the National Institute of Health and you expect to continue spending funds past September 2013, your deadline for submitting a waiver to do so is fast…
Sneak Preview: Wis. To Assess Out-of-State FoodShare Purchases
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Wisconsin health officials plan to issue guidance addressing out-of-state FoodShare benefits transactions after a state auditor’s office (SAO) report expressed concern that some households within the state…
Shall I Open the Compliance Supplement Discussion?
June 21 — mark the date on your calendar. Why, you ask? Because this is when the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants hosts its annual Not-For-Profit Industry Conference in Washington, D.C. What’s so special about that? Well, not only…
It’s All About the Beans
(This post was written by Chuck Edwards managing editor of Thompson Publishing Group’s federal education publications) In the wake of a 2011 presidential mandate to reduce administrative burden associated with grants, there has been a flurry of initiatives (see here…
Sneak Preview: Bill Calls for States To Draw up EBT Prohibitions
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Although it has not become law yet, a bill in Congress would create a deadline for states to prohibit welfare recipients from accessing electronic benefits in certain…
Is the DATA Act Considering the Numbers?
Call me stubborn but I’m still not convinced that the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 2146), more famously known as the DATA Act, is exactly a good thing — or at least in its current form. Like most others…
Sneak Preview: VA Plans To Revise GPDP Application Procedures
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to update its Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (GPDP) application and oversight procedures within the next year in response…
Harsh Words for the Single Audit
The Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 single audit took a beating Tuesday during a session during the National Grants Management Association’s annual training conference in which federal representatives asked attendees their reactions to the potential changes in OMB’s…