For the second time in a week, we’re using this blog space to make you aware that your opinion matters. This week, we wanted to inform you about a recent request for input issued by the National Institutes of Health…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Federal agencies providing grants and cooperative agreements to inter-American organizations are not fully documenting their monitoring activities, which could hinder the agencies’ efforts to ensure the…

State and local stakeholders in the School Nutrition Program, take notice: the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has given you more time to address a key issue related to funding meals under the National School Lunch…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Officials with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) said they will increase training for Head Start grant recipients…

Here we go again! If I had a nickel for all the articles I’ve written and read about the improper use of federal grant dollars, I’d be a rich man by now. Even with all the efforts now to ensure…

(The following was excerpted from the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released updated guidance, in a question-and-answer (Q&A) format, detailing the requirements for states to develop a risk-based transportation asset management…

On the heels of Congress and the White House reaching a spending deal for federal fiscal year (FY) 2018, President Trump has issued his FY 2019 budget proposal. The proposal, like the 2018 White House budget proposal, includes numerous substantial…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and agency officials are seeking a resolution to recent OIG audit recommendations requesting the agency to…

When something is great, you give it a thumbs up, right? Therefore, we felt this would be the appropriate picture to run with a blog post about the GREAT Act, which is currently working its way through Congress. If you…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) As Congress and the White House continue to struggle to reach a long-term budget agreement, which has already resulted in one three-day government shutdown in January,…