(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Government Accountability Office is urging Federal Highway Administration officials to assess the feasibility and the cost to collect consistent aggregate project-level spending data from all projects…

If you are concerned about the federal government’s implementation of standards related to the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), listen up! The folks at the U.S. Treasury Department have issued a reminder about their request for public comments…

We’re tuning up the engine again this week to hit the road for some grants-related meetings that could prove to be quite newsworthy.

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Council on Financial Assistance Reform has established administrative and single audit metrics to help determine whether the uniform grant guidance is meeting its intended goals of…

Science can be innovative and cool, and then science can be dangerous and scary. It’s this second category of science that I worry about. Apparently the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Department of Health…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration plans to meet with its bureaus and offices annually to discuss post-award monitoring activities, best…

Ever heard of a “sports wall”? Until today, I hadn’t. And again, until today I had not realized how much physical education is changing in the nation’s schools. Thanks to the help of federal grant funds, PE is going more…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration, in response to recent audit findings, has established new procedures to ensure that statewide mental health service providers obtain required documentation identifying…

Federal awarding agencies are preparing their regulations to integrate the Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance, which OMB will release in December, but that’s no reason for you as a grant recipient to sit back and wait for…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook). Potential recipients of federal awards don’t need to wait around for the revised federal agency regulations and processes that will be based on the uniform guidance and…