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Assessing the Future of the Recovery Operations Center

September 23, 2015 – 7:56 am

Years ago, Prudential Insurance was known for its ad jingle, “Get a Piece of the Rock.” That jingle was the first thing that came to my mind back in 2009 when, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Congress, Grants Management, Technology/Systems | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

OMB Issues 2014 A-133 Compliance Supplement With Numerous Changes

May 19, 2014 – 2:37 pm

Well, well, we only had to run one snail this year. The Office of Management and Budget today issued on its website the 2014 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. OMB didn’t meet its April target deadline, but issuing it 19 days…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Section 1512 Reporting Under the Recovery Act Comes to a Close

March 12, 2014 – 2:10 pm

After focusing so much on the details of the Office of Management and Budget’s grant reform guidance, we failed to notice an important announcement recently posted on the Recovery.gov website. The Section 1512 reporting requirement for American Recovery and Reinvestment…

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Support Abounds for the KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid!) Theory for Grants Data

February 10, 2014 – 6:52 pm

As a journalist, when I cover meetings in which I hear speaker after speaker explaining their support or disagreement about a technical issue, I tend to perk up when a certain speaker delivers the unexpected line that really makes you…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Single Audits, State and Local Governments, Technology/Systems | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Lessons Learned from the Recovery Act? Still To Be Determined

February 7, 2014 – 12:39 pm

When it was made into law in 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act offered a bold response to the nation’s growing recession, infusing federal funds at an aggressive pace to help the country attempt to get back on its…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Congress, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: Broadband Program Closeout Improvements Sought

February 5, 2014 – 11:44 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) National Telecommunications and Information Administration officials are consulting with two other Department of Commerce agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Oceanic and…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Funding Agencies, Grants Management | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

GAT Board Seeks Stakeholder Information on Annual Plan

January 14, 2014 – 3:39 pm

The Office of Management and Budget’s new uniform grants reform guidance may be grabbing the headlines in the grants world these days, but important work still goes on in other areas. For instance, the Government Accountability and Transparency Board, also known…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

A Memorial for Those Passing on from the O.C. Club

July 10, 2013 – 10:32 am

Dearly beloved, we gather here today to pay our last respects to several members of the O.C. club. What is the O.C. club, you may ask? If you turn in your hymnals, otherwise known as the 2013 Office of Management…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Start the Fireworks! The 2013 Compliance Supplement Is Out!

July 3, 2013 – 11:11 am

And here it is, just in time for July 4, the fireworks I promised earlier this week. The Office of Management and Budget yesterday released the 2013 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. It was almost as if they were inspired by…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Also posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Sneak Preview: OIG Seeks Documentation Improvements at Airports

June 7, 2013 – 6:51 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Over the next year, the Federal Aviation Administration will survey certain airports receiving FAA grants to determine which keep electronic grant records and how it can access…

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