1.800.677.3789
||
Contact Us | Manage Account |Compliance Expert
  • HOME
  • +GRANT-FINDING
    • GRANTSCAPE
  • +COMPLIANCE
    • THOMPSON GRANTS COMPLIANCE EXPERT
    • COMPLIANCE GUIDES
  • +TRAINING
    • WEBINARS
    • ELEARNING
    • CONFERENCES
    • ONSITE TRAINING
  • FREE RESOURCES
  • BLOG
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Manage Account
  • Compliance Expert
  • Recent Posts
  • Archives
  • Meet The Experts

Sneak Preview: Pa. Agency’s Medicaid Training Costs Disallowed

xgran_bookshot

(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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
July 8, 2015

Researchers Receive Federal Awards To Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases

mosquito-652264-m

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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
July 6, 2015

Are Salad Bars in Schools a Fruitful Option?

salad-1424435-m

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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 30, 2015

New Thompson Publication Explains Fixed Amount Subawards

WATCHbook-2

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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 22, 2015

Sneak Preview: Emphasis on Procurement Accountability Greater Now

xgran_bookshot

(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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 18, 2015

Sneak Preview: LSC OIG Alert Calls for Effective Conflict of Interest Policies

xsass_bookshot

(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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 12, 2015

Still Waiting on the Release of the Final 2015 Compliance Supplement

snails81-300x225

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,…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 10, 2015

Sneak Preview: Agency Officials Discuss New Grants Policies

xgran_bookshot

(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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 5, 2015

Federal Agencies Encouraged To Work Together on Elderly Services

wheelchair-945156-m

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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
June 3, 2015

Sneak Preview: ED Office Urged To Implement Technical Assistance Policies

xgran_bookshot

(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…

LinkedInShare
Read more ›
May 29, 2015
 First  ... « Previous 18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47 Next » ...  Last 

About This Blog

Across the grants lifecycle and across the grants community, Funding Attractions is Thompson's official blog for critical news, analysis, debates and commentary related to funding.

Subscribe To Our Blog

Categories

Recommended Blogs

  • Grants.Gov
  • Philantopic
  • White House, Office of Management and Budget

Tags

AICPA appropriations ARRA audit budget Circular A-133 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement COFAR Compliance Supplement Congress DATA Act DOT ED education eligibility EPA FEMA FNS fraud funding GAO grants grantseeking grants management HHS HUD improper payments Medicaid monitoring New York NGMA NIH NSF OIG OMB proposed grants reform guidance reporting single audit single audits Sneak Preview spending Thompson uniform grant guidance uniform guidance USDA

Thompson Grants

About Us
Manage Account
Compliance Expert
Free Resources
Blog
Our Parent Company

GRANT-FINDING

GrantScape

COMPLIANCE

Thompson Grants Compliance Expert
Compliance Guides

TRAINING

Webinars
eLearning
Conferences
Onsite Training

Contact

CONTACT US
 1.800.677.3789
 service@thompson.com

 
Copyright © 2020 Columbia Books & Information Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms   |   Privacy