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…

In our unceasing efforts to make our electronic grants library more useful to the grants community, we have now made it even more interactive.

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Legal Services Corporation is making available a new fraud guide to help its award recipients proactively detect and prevent fraud and regulatory violations. It also aligns…

Call it the “pillow test.” Or perhaps the “snooze factor.” These seemed to be good terms to use for determining the level of internal control that a recipient needs under the uniform grant guidance after hearing from a couple of…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance clarifies how nonfederal entities should treat the salaries of administrative and clerical staff when charging these costs to…