Sneak Preview: GREAT Act Has Potential To Assist Small Grantees

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DOT Urges States To Meet April 2019 State Safety Oversight Deadline

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Sneak Preview: FNS Urged To Improve Monitoring Documentation

взять займ онлайн срочно (The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) plans by March 2019 to fully update its Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) guidance to ensure that agency reviewers conducting a management evaluation (ME) of program recipients fully document findings in their reviews, in response to recommendations in a recent USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit.
Uniform Guidance “Musts” and “Shoulds” Still Cause Confusion

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Sneak Preview: Memo Addresses Disaster Fund Oversight, Waivers

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently issued guidance to federal agencies overseeing disaster relief funds available under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123), which, among other funding, provides about $84.4 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for awards to respond to and recover from recent hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Agencies are to use the guidance to develop and submit internal control plans to OMB. займ без процентов поиск мфо
GAO Plans To Issue Revised Yellow Book This Summer

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Sneak Preview: OIG Recommends DOJ Components Take Actions To Improve Closeout

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