Sneak Preview: IGs Prepare To Conduct Agency Readiness Reviews

(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…
Read more ›FNS Adds Time for Comments on Child Nutrition Program Proposal

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…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: EPA Revises Policy for Overseeing Pass-Throughs

(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…
Read more ›New NIH Portal Provides Information on Human Subjects Research

Research institutions and individuals conducting studies involving human subjects, take heart!
Read more ›Sneak Preview: CMS To Clarify Medicaid Withdrawal Requirements

(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…
Read more ›FNS Issues Q&A on Meals for Limited English Proficiency Students

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…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: USAID’s Allocation of FY 2014 Funds Deemed Proper

(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…
Read more ›Anticipation for the 2016 Compliance Supplement Builds

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…
Read more ›Agencies Aligning with the Revised Research Terms and Conditions

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…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: DOL To Update Guidance on Monitoring Expenditures

(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…
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