(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) As the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) evaluates the level of administrative burden on awardees under the uniform guidance, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) encouraged…

Scenario: You receive phone call or email from a purported federal employee, congratulating you on winning the grant and asking for your organization’s financial information so that you can pay to activate or qualify for the award…what should you do?

It may have taken the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) until this month to finally release the 2016 2 C.F.R. Part 200 Appendix XI Compliance Supplement, but at least it addressed a timely issue that couldn’t wait any longer….

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has revised Circular A-123, which now integrates enterprise risk management (ERM) with internal controls in federal program planning and…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Development Handbook.) The Department of Education (ED) proposed to amend its institutional eligibility regulations for programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA)…

Finally, fireworks! The 2016 Compliance Supplement is now available. Perhaps in the spirit of the Olympic Games currently underway in Brazil, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) set a record of its own this year — marking the latest…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Development Handbook.) Congress adjourned for a seven-week recess on July 15 without passing emergency appropriations legislation that would have made supplemental funding available for federal grants to fight…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Many subrecipients that currently have no negotiated indirect cost rate are opting to accept the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate available under the Office…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released a new Data Collection Form for Reporting on Audits of States, Local Governments, Indian Tribes, Institutions of…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Development Handbook.) Officials from two state agencies shared lessons learned on conducting pre-award risk assessments, as well as advice for other federal agencies and grant applicants, during a…