1.800.677.3789
||
Contact Us | Manage Account |Compliance Expert
  • HOME
  • +GRANT-FINDING
    • GRANTSCAPE
  • +COMPLIANCE
    • THOMPSON GRANTS COMPLIANCE EXPERT
    • COMPLIANCE GUIDES
  • +TRAINING
    • WEBINARS
    • ELEARNING
    • CONFERENCES
    • ONSITE TRAINING
  • FREE RESOURCES
  • BLOG
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Manage Account
  • Compliance Expert
  • Recent Posts
  • Archives
  • Meet The Experts

Saying Goodbye to 2014 and Hello to 2015

year-2009-1-1092555-m

So, did anything happen concerning grants this past year or was it just the same ‘ol, same ‘ol? Oh, of course, right, there was this trifling little thing called the uniform grant guidance. I think that rings a bell.

December 31, 2014 – 2:09 pm

An Interim Final Rule on Grants a Week Before the Effective Date

Federal register

The Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance becomes effective next Friday, so the grants community has exactly one more week to become experts on all the provisions of the guidance. But why wait until the day after Christmas to get excited about the new guidance? OMB and 26 federal awarding agencies posted a joint interim final rule in today’s Federal Register that includes the agencies' implementation of the guidance.

December 19, 2014 – 9:00 am

Uniform Guidance Countdown Continues With Interim Rule To Come

bus-stop-number-11-248743-m

Continuing on with the countdown we started last week as we march toward the implementation date of the Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance, we now are 11 days away. However, just to make things more interesting, a more critical date to look forward to should be coming up this Friday! Let me explain.

December 15, 2014 – 8:43 am

Sneak Preview: OMB Amends Improper Payment Guidance Under Circular A-123

xsass_bookshot

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Office of Management and Budget recently issued a memo that implements a new “improper payment compliance framework” for federal agencies. By amending Appendix C of OMB Circular A-123, Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control, OMB is calling for federal agencies to reduce the number of erroneous payments they make to the wrong entity or for the wrong amount.

December 12, 2014 – 9:40 am

Uniform Grant Guidance Countdown Clock Reaches 16 Days

16-554371-m

To borrow a line from the NCAA national basketball tournament, we’re now down to the sweet 16! Yes, there are 16 more days left before the Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance goes into effect for nonfederal entities. Thus, we begin our countdown to Dec. 26. (Expect to see future posts this month displaying the latest figure!)

December 10, 2014 – 8:55 am

Sneak Preview: Interior, BIE Aim To Improve Expenditure Oversight

xgran_bookshot

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of the Interior (DOI) plans to develop written procedures for its Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) staff to better oversee expenditures within its major grant programs, in response to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendation.

December 4, 2014 – 3:21 pm

Making a List of Some Key Leaders for the 114th Congress

washington-dc-1104221-m

When Congress comes into session next year for the 114th Congress, expect to see a whole host of new committee leaders. Thanks to the Republican onslaught across numerous states in the November elections, both House and Senate will be under GOP control. So who takes the reins in certain congressional committees? Some are still to be determined, but there are others of which that we’re assured. The following is a short list of some key chairmanships.

December 1, 2014 – 3:39 pm

About This Blog

Across the grants lifecycle and across the grants community, Funding Attractions is Thompson's official blog for critical news, analysis, debates and commentary related to funding.

Subscribe To Our Blog

Categories

Recommended Blogs

  • Grants.Gov
  • Philantopic
  • White House, Office of Management and Budget

Tags

AICPA appropriations ARRA audit budget Circular A-133 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement COFAR Compliance Supplement Congress DATA Act DOT ED education eligibility EPA FEMA FNS fraud funding GAO grants grantseeking grants management HHS HUD improper payments Medicaid monitoring New York NGMA NIH NSF OIG OMB proposed grants reform guidance reporting single audit single audits Sneak Preview spending Thompson uniform grant guidance uniform guidance USDA

Thompson Grants

About Us
Manage Account
Compliance Expert
Free Resources
Blog
Our Parent Company

GRANT-FINDING

GrantScape

COMPLIANCE

Thompson Grants Compliance Expert
Compliance Guides

TRAINING

Webinars
eLearning
Conferences
Onsite Training

Contact

CONTACT US
 1.800.677.3789
 service@thompson.com

 
Copyright © 2020 Columbia Books & Information Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms   |   Privacy