Category Archives: Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards

Sneak Preview: FNS Urged To Review WIC Monitoring Results

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Food and Nutrition Service plans to review the monitoring results for state administration of the Women, Infants, and Children Program, but has yet to determine when,…

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Sneak Preview: La. DOTD Urged To Better Monitor Subrecipients

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is taking steps to ensure that its staff adequately records pass-through data in the state’s Annual Fiscal Report portal, and…

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Don’t Be So Quick To Delete §__.320(e)

Sometimes you don’t really realize how much you miss something until it’s gone. What’s worse is missing something because you weren’t even aware that that particular thing would soon be gone. At least with this blog post, you won’t fall…

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Thinking Globally on Proper Monitoring

Rather than taking the easy route and focusing on the gloom and doom of the sequestration again (which, at the rate we’re going, will be around for a while), I thought I’d look elsewhere in the grants world for this…

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Trying to Keep Federal Agencies in Line

If you got a chance to view the Office of Management and Budget’s webinar on OMB’s proposed grants reform guidance, you got to see OMB’s Norman Dong respond to questions from a panel of key grant and audit organization heads about…

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Sneak Preview: ETA Urged To Document That Programs Meet Goals

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Although the Employment and Training Administration is generally complying with administrative requirements for discretionary grant oversight and closeout, it could do more to ensure that grant programs…

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A Show Not To Be Missed

As former NFL receiver Terrell Owens said, “Get your popcorn ready!” because the Office of Management and Budget will present a not-to-be-missed show this Friday for everyone in the grants community. (Editor’s note: Hmm, my blog posts do seem to…

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A Birthday and a Proposal — Wow, What a Day!

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.

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside!

The time has come to throw an extra blanket or two on the bed and don several layers before venturing out the door. Here in the Washington, D.C., area, we’re getting set for a week of some of the coldest…

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Sneak Preview: Detailed High-Speed Rail Grants Guidance Sought

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Federal Railroad Administration must establish grants management guidance with clear goals and performance measures to ensure that its High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program is implemented…

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