Transit agencies receiving federal funding should be aware of new guidance recently issued by the Federal Transit Agency (FTA) pertaining to federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) guidelines. FTA generally issues its guidance in the form of a circular.

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Although Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials plan to add information to the Children’s Bureau website about direct federal funding for tribal Foster Care…

This seems like good timing. Coming on the heels of the recent Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded up to $7.8 million in grants for adaptive sports programs…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials plan to develop and issue internal guidance by federal fiscal year (FY) 2018 that will set forth consistent procedures for determining…

Earlier this year, we released a post about a federal grant program to assist and rehabilitate those who have been released from our nation’s prisons. Now, the federal government is providing award funds for programs aimed at eliminating unnecessary confinement…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Nonfederal entities providing services to homeless veterans under award programs overseen by the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) are now required…

You probably don’t think much about it as you’re traveling down the interstate, unless the road is bumpy or has multiple potholes. “This state should spend some money fixing up these highway,” you may say to yourself. However, other than…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Federal Transit Agency (FTA) this fall plans to evaluate its policy regarding recipient use of blanket approvals for change orders under a federal award after…

Now that Labor Day has come and gone and many of us are back from our summer vacations, we can now look forward to September and ask the question, “What’s coming up in the near future for the grants community?”…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grant Management Handbook.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials plan to determine by the end of federal fiscal year (FY) 2017 how to reduce instances where award recipients are submitting…