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Grant Funds Improperly Spent in Washington’s Dulles Rail Project

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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…

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January 27, 2014

COFAR Releases Details About its Upcoming Webinar

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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…

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January 24, 2014

Sneak Preview: DOL Guidance Sought for Improved WIA Data Quality

(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…

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January 23, 2014

Sen. Coburn’s Upcoming Retirement and Its Effects on Grants

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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…

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January 21, 2014

A Worthwhile Proposal for Higher Education from AASCU

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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…

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January 17, 2014

Sneak Preview: GAO Seeks Uniform Guidance for Federal Disaster Funding

(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…

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January 15, 2014

GAT Board Seeks Stakeholder Information on Annual Plan

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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…

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January 14, 2014

Time To Learn More About OMB’s Uniform Grants Guidance

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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…

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January 10, 2014

Sneak Preview: Arkansas Nonprofit Must Repay Embezzled Funds

(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…

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January 9, 2014

The First Year of the New Grants Guidance Will Be the Hardest

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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…

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January 7, 2014
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