Sneak Preview: DOC IG Seeks Policy on Management Fees, Profit

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Commerce (DOC) is urging high-ranking DOC officials to establish controls that will enable the department to determine when…
Read more ›Department of Transportation Offers New Round of TIGER Funding

Ever go eight rounds with a tiger? Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? Not to worry, that’s not the type of tiger were referring to today. This one is more positive, and less life-threatening.
Read more ›Sneak Preview: Better Oversight Sought for Pa. Homeless Programs

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) is developing formal written procedures to ensure that it enforces a special condition requiring its Emergency Solutions…
Read more ›Federal Agencies Working To Assist Residents in Flint, Mich.

Having clean, safe water available to drink is something many of us take for granted. What we’ve seen in Flint, Mich., over the last few months has done nothing but emphasize the importance of protecting water resources to ensure the…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: FEMA Proposes To Implement Disaster Deductible

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is proposing to implement a disaster deductible, in which state, tribal or territorial governments would…
Read more ›More Federal Agencies Finalize Uniform Guidance Adoption

As we approach President’s Day, it seemed like a perfect time to, once again, assess which federal agencies have finalized their adoption of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) uniform grant guidance into their agency regulations, and more importantly,…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: Comments Sought on Draft Data Collection Form

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking comments on a draft Data Collection Form for Reporting on Audits of States, Local Governments and Nonprofit…
Read more ›NIH Posts Assurance that Blizzard Won’t Affect Applications

Sometimes when you are souring the grants news landscape, you run across an unexpected headline that you just makes you chuckle. The most recent example was on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Office of Extramural Research blog, Extramural Nexus.
Read more ›Sneak Preview: HUD Counsel Clarifies HOPWA Program Regulations

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Because Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) field office staff have sought guidance on Section 8 requirements under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids…
Read more ›Grants Awarded for Showing Some Resilience

And now for the word of the day — “Resilience.” According to the dictionary, resilience means “the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed or stretched” or “the ability to recover readily…
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