It's time for our weekly roundup of things you could have overlooked in the last week and a few to think about over the weekend while we all wait for the House to come back back early next week and vote on the measure that would extend government funding through Nov. 18 and allow Congress time to hash out the remainder of fiscal year 2012, which starts tomorrow folks. Happy fiscal new year!

On Friday, President Obama issued a proclamation declaring Sept. 25 through Oct. 1 as Minority Enterprise Development Week. The Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency and the Small Business Administration are co-sponsoring a conference in Washington D.C. through tomorrow in honor of the week.

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Education plans to tell states that received State Fiscal Stabilization Fund dollars under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act about program monitoring results sooner.

(This post originally appeared on Title I-Derland, Thompson’s blog on federal K-12 education and was written by Chuck Edwards, senior executive director for Thompson’s education products.) The Obama administration is squeezing the 2009 stimulus to get every possible job out of it.

One TV commercial that many of us can relate to — myself included — is a spot for 5-hour ENERGY. See the video at the bottom of this post.

(This post is excerpted from a story in the Oct. 3 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced its policy requirements for fiscal year 2012 funding notices.

(This guest post was written by Heather Gleason, a public sector management consultant and founder of Azalea City Associates.) At a recent conference hosted by the Maryland Governor’s Grants Office, a crowd of state and local government representatives, along with some nonprofit development folks, were hungry for information from the federal folks who control some purse strings.  And a very impressive panel of Maryland’s congressional staff dished out sound advice to grantseekers for surviving in a world of reduced resources and increased expectations.

There will be some fresh voices coming across the airwaves in the upcoming months leading grants-related audio conferences for Thompson Publishing. I have heard all of them speak over the years and can attest to their professionalism and knowledge in the grants and audit industry.

Congress fumbled this week on its first efforts to pass a measure that would give us some certainty regarding funding levels for the foreseeable future. To help distract you while we wait for them to hash out the latest round of budget talks here's a round up of things you might have missed this week.

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) State health departments providing prescription medications for low-income people with HIV/AIDS should ensure that drug payments cannot reasonably be made under another public or private insurance policy before seeking federal reimbursement under the Ryan White CARE Act’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).