(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Many federal Offices of Inspector General (OIGs) are conducting readiness reviews this summer to assess what steps their respective agencies must take to implement requirements under…

Sometime you just need a little more time to do all that you need to do. Well, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has done just that for stakeholders interested in submitting comments on a FNS proposed rule concerning child…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated its internal policy for agency officials responsible for overseeing pass-through management of subawards. EPA Subaward Policy (Grants Policy Issuance…

Research institutions and individuals conducting studies involving human subjects, take heart!

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing guidance to better clarify its requirement that states should…

As we all know, the human mouth is useful for two important purposes: speaking and eating. Limitations to the first should not impact the second. Such could be said according to a recent document by the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of General Counsel recently ruled that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) did not violate federal law when it…

Because it’s been so cool and rainy here in the nation’s capital for the last few weeks, one tended to ignore looking at the calendar and simply assume it surely must be early March. But alas, the sun finally broke…

One of the topics we have been following is the effort to revise the governmentwide Research Terms and Conditions for federal research awards. In fact, we posted a new story today providing an update on this effort at Thompson’s Grants…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (VETS) plans to update its internal monitoring guidance to ensure that VETS monitoring officials more closely…