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NIH Revamps Its Website for Grants Information

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Over the past few weeks, I had noticed some changes but it didn’t really register until I came across a recent blog post from Dr. Michael Lauer, deputy director for extramural research at the National Institutes of Health. The post…

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April 6, 2016

Sneak Preview: MFCUs Urged To Improve Case File Documentation

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently recommended that two state Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs) establish procedures to…

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April 1, 2016

Grants Available To Support Jobs for Older Americans

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As our nation’s population continues to get older, it becomes even more critical that older Americans can find jobs to avoid becoming a drain on a community’s economic infrastructure. To this end, the Department of Labor (DOL) this month made…

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March 29, 2016

Sneak Preview: FNS Letter Details Buy American Provisions

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) A recent Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) letter to regional and state nutrition program officials detailed how they should monitor and enforce…

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March 23, 2016

Sneak Preview: OIG Seeks Corrective Actions to Mass. LEA Audits

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Education Department (ED), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently recommended that ED’s Post Audit Group require the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to…

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March 17, 2016

HHS Awards $94M To Tackle Opioid, Heroine Abuse

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The never-ending war on drugs may always be with us, but the federal government took a big step last week to tackle the issue. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided $94 million in Affordable Care Act funding…

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March 16, 2016

Sneak Preview: GAO Calls for More FEMA Oversight Coordination

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to improve grant oversight between FEMA’s headquarters and…

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March 14, 2016

Local Homeless Programs Get a $1.6B Boost

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Following grant programs like we do, we typically see that a federal agency has made awards within a grant program in the millions of dollars. However, my eyes widened this week when I saw that the Department of Housing and…

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March 9, 2016

Sneak Preview: DOS Urged To Include Disclosure Provision

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(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) After two audits of a jointly administered program, Operation Inherent Resolve, under the Department of State (DOS) and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the DOS…

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March 4, 2016

Working with the OIG on Risk Makes Sense

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Last month, I attended the Association of Government Accountants’ National Leadership Training in Washington, D.C. During one presentation, several key federal agency leaders discussed enterprise risk management (ERM) and how now is the time for federal agencies to assess their…

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March 2, 2016
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