(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…

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.”…

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…

(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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

(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…

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…