(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The procurement of goods and services with federal funds is a major challenge for recipients and a growing concern for auditors, as grant recipients struggle to…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a fraud alert advisory to its grant recipients encouraging them to develop conflict of…

Long time readers of this blog may be familiar with a tradition that we have continued since we launched this site in 2011. As we continue to wait for the Office of Management and Budget to issue the Compliance Supplement,…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are reviewing stakeholder comments it received concerning its interim financial assistance conflict of interest policy, and said changes could…

Teamwork – it never gets old. If only we could say the same thing about our own lives. Promoting such teamwork is the major recommendation from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a recent report evaluating federal agency programs for…

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently urged the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) new Office of State Support to fully implement technical assistance policies and procedures…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) plans, by October, to implement enhanced monitoring measures  that comply with its standard operating procedures…

This month, the federal government has taken steps to comply with requirements under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act). Although these actions will affect those on the federal level first over the next couple of years, the grants…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that responds to specific concerns among its award recipients regarding the agency’s policies adopting…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The New York Department of Health is calling for managed care organizations (MCOs) to correct and resubmit Medicaid drug claims that were previously unprocessed due to errors…