(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…

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, in this case, I can certainly believe it. When I first saw the picture accompanying this post, my jaw hit the floor. When I showed it to others, their reaction…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to help states conduct self-assessments of their Child Care and Development…

Those who have been on this earth as long as I have may remember the famous line to the old Alka-Seltzer commercial, “I can’t believe I ate the WHOLE thing.” I’m sure we’ve all had days like that when we’ve…

(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…