The Grant Professionals Association recently announced that Bradford Smith, president of the Foundation Center, will be the keynote speaker at its annual conference in October.

(This post was written by guest blogger Andrew Brownstein, one of Thompson’s federal education policy editors.) Everyone knows there is a narrow window this year for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to be reauthorized before the preparation for the 2012…

The time is now to register for the National Grants Management Association’s annual training conference on May 1-4. This year, the event is moving from its traditional location in the D.C. area to Hershey, Pa. How tempting is that for…

According to a March 7 post on the Grants Management Line of Business’ Grants World Blog, the Department of Health and Human Services recently solicited public comments on reinstatement and proposed changes to five forms in the 424 “family” of …

As expected, this afternoon the Senate failed to pass two competing spending measures that would have funded the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. In a curious type of silver lining, the defeat of these bills may…

Ever felt like this? When work or life becomes too hectic, I think back to those Staples commercials that touted the “Easy” button. One press of the button and everything becomes much simpler. In a way, Executive Order 13563 could…

A recent article I read pointed out what perhaps should have been an obvious conclusion: the economic recession and the subsequent recovery were—and are—impacting women differently from men. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to social and economic impact.

Since we in the grants world understand the importance of quantifiable progress measures (although I’ll have some questions for you about that in an upcoming post), I wanted to share a couple of ours.

Today, Senate Democrats unveiled their spending vision for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. Their proposal cuts $51 billion from the FY 2011 budget that was proposed by President Obama but never enacted.

It’s no secret that states face budget crises that are potentially more damaging for local entities than discretionary spending cuts at the federal level. States claim that they were the first into the recession, and many are still climbing out…