January 7, 2014 – 8:31 pm
At the Federal Demonstration Partnership meeting in D.C. this morning, Victoria Collin of the Office of Management and Budget was comparing the new grants reform guidance to marriage. In essence, the proposal stage was the dating stage and now that…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Funding Agencies, Grant Seeking, Grants Management, Grants/Funding Announcements, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Professional Organizations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Tagged Federal Demonstration Partnership, grants reform guidance, OMB, webinar
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August 16, 2013 – 10:22 am
It isn’t much, but at least we have some new information on the latest on the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed guidance to reform grants management and single audit oversight. I would doubt anyone has ever called OMB’s policymaking…
The call has gone out for federal agency heads to huddle up with the Office of Management and Budget to develop a plan for agencies to implement the requirements of Executive Order 13559, “Fundamental Principles and Policymaking Criteria for Partnerships…
February 1, 2013 – 10:39 am
Well, folks, we in the Thompson grants group are all atwitter (or as amped up as you can be in at a relatively quiet publishing company) today because we are marking not one, but two special occasions.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Compliance/Reporting, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments, Technology/Systems
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Tagged administrative procedures, cost principles, federal register, grants management, grants reform proposal, OMB, single audit
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It seems that I’ve been spending a lot more time with our webinar team these days. With so much going on in the grants management and single audit arena lately, we’ve been conferring on a routine basis on how to…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits, Technology/Systems
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Tagged allowable costs, compliance supplmement, indirect costs, OMB, single audits, Thompson, time and effort reporting, webinars
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Like the flowers returning in the spring after being dormant all winter, Funding Attractions is back up again after a lengthy break while we updated the program’s software. And what an exciting time it is to return!
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Awards, Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Professional Organizations, Single Audits
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Tagged comments, events, grants, grants management, NGMA, notice of proposed guidance, OMB, Regulations.gov, Thompson Publishing Group, webinar
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They’re gonna need more time! That’s the mantra I keep saying to myself after seeing a couple of major items come across my desk.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Awards, Compliance/Reporting, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Nonprofits, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Professional Organizations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Tagged COFR, DATA Act, NASACT, National Grants Partnership, NGP, OMB, proposed guidance
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February 28, 2012 – 11:46 am
It’s real simple — after reading this blog post, go directly to this link in today’s Federal Register and prepare to submit your comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s newly proposed guidance that could drastically change current grants…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Applications/Proposals, Awards, Compliance/Reporting, Funding Agencies, Grant Seeking, Grants Management, Grants/Funding Announcements, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Nonprofits, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Professional Organizations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Tagged Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, Circular A-102, Circular A-110, Circular A-133, comments, cost principles, funding opportunity announcement, OMB, Paperwork Reduction Act
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February 27, 2012 – 11:05 am
(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.) In the dramatic grants reform proposal released on Friday by the Office of Management…
February 24, 2012 – 10:45 am
Here’s the big juicy news we’ve been waiting for! Hold on to your hat because the Office of Management and Budget is considering some major revisions that could truly shake up the traditional order of business for grants management and…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Compliance/Reporting, Cost Sharing/Matching Funds, Education, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Nonprofits, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Tagged Circular A-122, Circular A-133, Circular A-21, Circular A-87, cost principles, grants administrative circulars, indirect costs, OMB, single audits
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We’re Back in Full Bloom!
Like the flowers returning in the spring after being dormant all winter, Funding Attractions is back up again after a lengthy break while we updated the program’s software. And what an exciting time it is to return!