(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Departmental Appeals Board recently upheld a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ruling to disallow more than $3…

It’s almost as if it were kismet that I came across this story this morning. After asking a coworker this morning how her July 4th weekend was, she admitted that she was covered in mosquito bites after spending the day…

Some legislative proposals on Capitol Hill make perfect sense, while others are definite head scratchers. And then there are some that, in theory, sound totally reasonable, but in practicality, maybe not so much. For example, let’s turn to a bill…

Pass-through entities have traditionally made subawards and contracts under a federal award, but the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) uniform grant guidance offers a new option, the fixed amount subaward. A pass-through entity may offer fixed amount subawards to…

(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…