Look Out for the “Musts” and “Shoulds” in the Uniform Guidance

If you have kids like me, you know that they are clued in to exact terminology when it comes to jobs around the house. When I say, “I want you to do the dishes,” that is heard as, “Do the…
Read more ›The Wait Continues for the 2014 Compliance Supplement

Long time readers of this blog may be familiar with a tradition that we have continued since we launched this site in 2011. In honor of the Office of Management and Budget’s missing its intended goal to issue the Compliance…
Read more ›Resist the Temptation To Lie on Grant Applications

As part of covering grants over the past decade, I can’t tell you how many conference sessions I’ve attended where, in discussing grant applications, the presenter has stressed that applicants should be truthful in presenting themselves and their organization. Don’t…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: Travel, Conference Costs Address Dependent Care

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Grant program managers who have staff on travel for their federal awards should be aware that the Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant reform guidance, in…
Read more ›As It Becomes Law, Learn More Now About the DATA Act

It’s been many, many months in the making but the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, better known as the DATA Act, is finally becoming a law. Now the question is, “What next?” What does this mean? If you want to…
Read more ›Change Is Complicated, But We Might as Well Embrace the Change

As a child of the 1980s, I have lots of fond memories of life back then, especially listening to music on my cassette tapes. If you are a devoted fan of the Electric Light Orchestra (or ELO) as I am,…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: HHS OIG Calls for Action on Open Recommendations

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General has released its list of 25 priority recommendations that it maintains, if fully implemented, would help…
Read more ›We’re Looking Forward to the NGMA Conference!

This is a big week on the grants calendar in the nation’s capital. The National Grants Management Association will be hosting its annual grants training conference Tuesday through Thursday in Crystal City, Va., and we’ll be there to cover it…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: DOL Seeks More Employment Data Related to Training

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Department of Labor officials plan to assess best practices to enable state labor departments to better identify how many participants trained in the Workforce Investment Act’s Adult…
Read more ›NGMA Collecting Technical Corrections To Send to OMB

Nobody’s perfect, even the federal government. Within the huge document that is the Office of Management and Budget’s uniform grant guidance, there are random technical errors and inconsistencies that must be corrected. Such errors are not errors in policies within…
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