Anyone who lives in the Washington, D.C. area knows what a bear it is to commute here. The traffic is horrible, and the subway option isn’t much better. Washington’s Metro system is constantly crowded and trains are inconsistent, yet Metro…

Do you have about four hours free on Monday morning? If so, then you may want to sign up to take part in the Council on Financial Assistance Reform’s webinar on the new grants reform guidance. COFAR finally released an…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Government Accountability Office recently recommended that the Department of Labor issue uniform guidance to states to improve the consistency and completeness of national data on participants…

At the end of this year, Congress will lose one of its strongest government watchdogs as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) retires. Whether you agreed or disagreed with his politics, Coburn definitely will leave his mark as being one of the…

Let me know if I’m not the only one who has experienced this: Sitting at the supper table not to long ago, the topic of colleges came up. Going to college is expensive, which eventually segued in to a discussion…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Because of the necessity to deliver federal relief funding quickly following natural disasters, the Office of Management and Budget recently concurred with a Government Accountability Office recommendation…

The Office of Management and Budget’s new uniform grants reform guidance may be grabbing the headlines in the grants world these days, but important work still goes on in other areas. For instance, the Government Accountability and Transparency Board, also known…

You’ve heard about it; now’s your time to learn more about it. The Office of Management and Budget last month issued its uniform grants guidance, previously referred to as the “supercircular,” which is the most expansive grant reform since the…

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) An Arkansas organization receiving federal grant funds is obligated to repay $345,000 in embezzled funds even when a change in its accounting systems no longer has records…

At the Federal Demonstration Partnership meeting in D.C. this morning, Victoria Collin of the Office of Management and Budget was comparing the new grants reform guidance to marriage. In essence, the proposal stage was the dating stage and now that…