Sneak Preview: Disallowance Reversed for Massachusetts Medicaid Claim

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services successfully overturned much of a prior disallowance from the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicaid reimbursements, winning…
Read more ›Stakeholder Groups Seek Greater Government Transparency

Back in 2009, it seemed like everything that came across my computer included the word “recovery.” This made perfect since as Congress had just passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Now, it seems that the key buzzword is “transparency.”…
Read more ›COFAR Launches New FAQ Section on Grants Reform

Got a question about the Office of Management and Budget’s new grants reform guidance? You’re probably not the only one. We have many ourselves. Now there’s a place to go. To help clarify some of the confusion related to the…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: GAO Reconsidering Its Approach on Proposed GAGAS Interpretation

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) After hearing concerns in recent months about its interpretations to the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards, also known as the Yellow Book, the Government Accountability Office is…
Read more ›Support Abounds for the KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid!) Theory for Grants Data

As a journalist, when I cover meetings in which I hear speaker after speaker explaining their support or disagreement about a technical issue, I tend to perk up when a certain speaker delivers the unexpected line that really makes you…
Read more ›Lessons Learned from the Recovery Act? Still To Be Determined

When it was made into law in 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act offered a bold response to the nation’s growing recession, infusing federal funds at an aggressive pace to help the country attempt to get back on its…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: Broadband Program Closeout Improvements Sought

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) National Telecommunications and Information Administration officials are consulting with two other Department of Commerce agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Oceanic and…
Read more ›OMB’s New Guidance Offers Grantees Time To Prepare for Changes

Remember the key words of the Boy Scout motto? Be prepared! Thinking back on a webinar hosted by Thompson last Thursday featuring Tiffany Winters, partner at Brustein & Manasevit, PLLC, that motto seems to ring true for grantees now that…
Read more ›Sneak Preview: Penn. DCNR Urged To Improve Documentation Reviews
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) In response to a recent audit, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources plans to review findings received about its Community Conservation Partnership Program (C2P2) and…
Read more ›COFAR, OMB Webinar on New Guidance Informative, But Somewhat Overwhelming

Did you get a chance to attend the webinar on the new grants reform guidance hosted on Monday by the Council on Financial Assistance Reform and the Office of Management and Budget? If so, were you among those of us…
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