Sneak Preview: Calif. Agency Needs Better Jobs Data Oversight
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The California Employment Development Department should work with the U.S. Department of Labor to develop reasonable controls to avoid overstating the progress of its workforce development programs…
Read more ›Improper Payments Rate Nears Administration’s 3 Percent Goal

First of all, Happy New Year! Let’s hope 2014 proves to be a more healthy and prosperous year for everyone than last year. It will definitely be a more exciting, if not challenging, one for the grants community as we…
Read more ›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…
Read more ›A Whole New World: OMB Publishes New Grants Reform Guidance

Just like Aladdin and Jasmine sang in the Disney movie “Aladdin,” it’s “A Whole New World.” The Office of Management and Budget officially published the “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” in today’s Federal Register.
Read more ›COFAR Webcast Offers Quick Overview of Upcoming Grants Reform Guidance

This is your captain, speaking! There’s an expression often heard in meetings here in Washington where, rather than going into specific details about an issue, they will look at things from “a 30,000-foot level.” They will provide a quick overview…
Read more ›OMB Prepares To Issue Final Grants Reform Guidance Next Week

Ladies and gentlemen, just in time for the holidays, a gift from the Office of Management and Budget!
Read more ›Sneak Preview: HHS OIG Seeks More Monitoring of CCDF Providers

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families is weighing whether to require ─ not just recommend ─ that states conduct unannounced onsite…
Read more ›Grants Information When You Want It — No Waiting!

I saw something this weekend that totally astonished me and really got me to thinking about the lengths people will go to for a chance at fame.
Read more ›Sneak Preview: FEMA Seeks Comments on Cost Estimating Format

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) To encourage participants in the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program to finish projects at or below costs, the agency plans to…
Read more ›Researchers Find Data Limitations in USASpending.gov, FAADS

While we “enjoy” our first week of snow here in the D.C. area of the winter (um, can someone let Mother Nature know that it is not officially winter yet?), we’ve come across a recent report by two university researchers…
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