Color us surprised! Who would have thought a piece of legislation known as the GREAT Act would take so long to work its way through Congress, especially since the bill has bipartisan support. Yet, here we still sit. Waiting.
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Trump Administration has submitted a proposal to Congress to reorganize the federal government, a move that could dramatically impact the current operations of numerous federal…
I’m not exactly sure how many times I’ve said it over the last few months when talking with colleagues both at my office or out covering conferences and other events. Reporting on federal government action, or as it seems more…
The Food and Nutrition Service this month released a memo that should essentially be called “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Farm Bill (But Were Afraid to Ask).” The memo, which FNS officially titled “Question & Answers Concerning…
November 4, 2013 – 1:03 pm
Now that Congress can turn its eyes toward something other than the federal government shutdown, there are other issues coming up that it will be deliberating that can truly impact federal grants. Thompson is offering you a way to stay…
October 17, 2013 – 9:07 am
Was that so hard? Finally, the shutdown is over. Until…
October 15, 2013 – 12:13 pm
In one of the more memorable scenes in the classic movie “Gone With The Wind,” a determined Scarlett O’Hara dramatically holds her fist in the air and declares “As God is my witness, I shall never be hungry again.” Such determination…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Applications/Proposals, Budget Preparation, Congress, Education, Federal Budget/Appropriations, Grant Seeking, Grant Writing, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits
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Tagged Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement, education grants, ESEA, goverment shutdown, grant application, grant audits, OMB
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October 2, 2013 – 8:39 am
Rather than blogging about how infuriating it is to witness Congress’ ineptitude to reach any kind of compromise to prevent the current federal government shutdown, I thought I’d post about something a bit more fun — baseball. We’re now beginning…
Oh, the DATA Act. Where have you been for so long? You made big news about a year ago when you passed the House and then, well, you languished. You lost your energy, your fire, and you eventually got shoved…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Also posted in Compliance/Reporting, Congress, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits, Technology/Systems
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Tagged DATA Act, FAST Commission, OMB, proposed grants reform guidance, RATB, Recovery Board, USASpending.gov
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February 28, 2013 – 10:05 am
We might as well lock ourselves in our bomb shelters and never return because the future looks grim, very grim. Unless some miracle, 11th hour deal is struck, the sequestration’s across-the-board cuts to discretionary programs will take effect tomorrow.
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