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Sneak Preview: DOC IG Seeks Policy on Management Fees, Profit

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Commerce (DOC) is urging high-ranking DOC officials to establish controls that will enable the department to determine when grant recipient use of management fees or profit is appropriate.

February 26, 2016 – 8:21 am

Department of Transportation Offers New Round of TIGER Funding

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Ever go eight rounds with a tiger? Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? Not to worry, that’s not the type of tiger were referring to today. This one is more positive, and less life-threatening.

February 24, 2016 – 8:08 am

Sneak Preview: Better Oversight Sought for Pa. Homeless Programs

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) is developing formal written procedures to ensure that it enforces a special condition requiring its Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) subrecipients comply with a 12-month expenditure requirement, and that it appropriately reallocates funds that were not spent, in response to a recent audit by the Pennsylvania Auditor General. The department also is preparing a comprehensive monitoring plan to improve its reviews of HOME Investment Partnership Program subgrantees.

February 22, 2016 – 8:53 am

Federal Agencies Working To Assist Residents in Flint, Mich.

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Having clean, safe water available to drink is something many of us take for granted. What we’ve seen in Flint, Mich., over the last few months has done nothing but emphasize the importance of protecting water resources to ensure the health of the citizens of our communities.

February 17, 2016 – 10:39 am

Sneak Preview: FEMA Proposes To Implement Disaster Deductible

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is proposing to implement a disaster deductible, in which state, tribal or territorial governments would be required to meet a predetermined level of nonfederal financial commitment before FEMA will provide federal assistance under the Public Assistance Program following a major disaster. By requiring them to meet a deductible, FEMA aims to encourage recipients to take measures to improve disaster planning and recovery.

February 12, 2016 – 9:49 am

More Federal Agencies Finalize Uniform Guidance Adoption

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As we approach President’s Day, it seemed like a perfect time to, once again, assess which federal agencies have finalized their adoption of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) uniform grant guidance into their agency regulations, and more importantly, which ones have not.

February 10, 2016 – 8:19 am

Sneak Preview: Comments Sought on Draft Data Collection Form

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking comments on a draft Data Collection Form for Reporting on Audits of States, Local Governments and Nonprofit Organizations (SF-SAC) for single audits and program-specific audits of auditee fiscal years (FYs) beginning on or after Dec. 26, 2014. The draft SF-SAC, which is planned for final release later this year, would comply with audits under Subpart F of the OMB’s uniform grant guidance. The SF-SAC is Appendix X of the uniform guidance.

February 5, 2016 – 11:18 am

NIH Posts Assurance that Blizzard Won’t Affect Applications

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Sometimes when you are souring the grants news landscape, you run across an unexpected headline that you just makes you chuckle. The most recent example was on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Office of Extramural Research blog, Extramural Nexus.

February 4, 2016 – 9:40 am

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