Federal Agencies Postpone Effective Date … Again

March 21 was supposed to be memorable day, and not just because it was the first day of spring. It was supposed to be the day that would end our wait for the effective date of some new federal regulations….
Read more ›Sneak Preview: FTA Revises Circular on Award Management

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has revised its “Award Management Requirements” circular (FTA Circular 5010.1E) to incorporate DOT regulations under the Office…
Read more ›Final Research Terms and Conditions Become Effective

Well folks, it’s now official. It’s been many months in the making but federal research agencies now can use the updated governmentwide Research Terms and Conditions that implement the Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance. The final Research…
Read more ›Grants.gov Presents New Website Design

If you haven’t been to the Grants.gov website in a while, you can expect a few changes the next time to visit the site. Grants.gov now has a new homepage design aimed at providing better access to information by its…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: HUD Aims To Limit Instances of Multiple Subsidies

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) plans to improve controls to reduce the likelihood that residents in…
Read more ›DOJ Issues Report to Congress on Violence Against Women Act

Earlier this month, the Justice Department (DOJ) submitted its biennial Report to Congress on the Effectiveness of Grant Programs Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Under the act, which was last reauthorized in 2013, DOJ’s Office of Violence Against…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: EPA Looks To Determine Grant Staff Workload

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to better assess future budget considerations by surveying its project officers in federal fiscal year (FY) 2017 to determine the…
Read more ›HUD Issues Guidance for PHAs on Smoke-Free Requirements

So it’s been almost a year-and-a-half since we addressed this issue the first time, but we are coming back full cycle to give you the rest of the story.
Read more ›Sneak Preview: DOJ Office Sets Policy for Tribal Facility Awards

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) would follow standard operating procedures to require grant recipients to demonstrate that they have sufficient…
Read more ›Snow or No Snow, NIH Addresses Grants and Office Closures

Other parts of the country may have had their fair share of snow this winter, but for those of us in the nation’s capital, snow has been a scarce commodity in 2017. While a normal winter in Washington, D.C., produces…
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