On random weekends, one of my favorite things to do is order pizza, get a DVD and have “movie night” with my family. Always seeking to find family-friendly films, this week’s show was “Annie.” I had seen the play many…

(This post originally appeared on Title I-Derland, Thompson’s blog on federal K-12 education and was written by Chuck Edwards, senior executive director for Thompson’s education products.) Responding to the Supreme Court’s Nov. 14 decision to consider a constitutional challenge to…

Here is Funding Attractions’ regular rundown of events, news and insight you may have missed this week.

Washington state financial management officials plan to post best practices and tools online to help its state agencies encourage grantee compliance and reduce grantee internal control weaknesses.

During my recent one-on-one interview with former Grants Policy Committee co-chairman Tom Cooley, which will be featured in a two-part article in upcoming issues of the Federal Grants Management Handbook, he brought up a critical point that makes each grant unique,…

(This post is excerpted from the Nov. 21 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund opened the competition for its fiscal year 2012 Community Development Financial Institutions Program on Nov. 3 and announced a…

It’s time to update those bookmarks, folks.  After months of being posted in two places online, the Federal Register has now fully transitioned over to its new website. The Federal Register is one of the primary resources through which federal…

It’s time for FA’s weekly roundup of grant-related news and commentary from the week.

News reports charging that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program is mismanaged have surfaced again. The Washington Post ran a couple of articles this week asserting that the affordable housing program is not functioning properly.

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Recipients of grants and cooperative agreements from the National Institutes of Health with budget periods beginning on or after Oct. 1, 2011, should refer to the…