The Senate failed to pass President Obama’s jobs bill this week, despite a high level of pressure from the administration and a great deal of public scrutiny focused on the current employment picture and broad economic realities the country faces….

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Single Audit Information Service.) New York health officials plan to evaluate ways to modify its Medicaid claims processing system to ensure the state pays nursing homes the appropriate level of…

My father-in-law has an old, countrified saying, often expressed in his Tennessee twang, that goes, “You pays your money, you takes your chances.” In essence, buyer beware!

(This post is excerpted from a story in the Oct. 17 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded $998,000 through its Nonprofit Capacity Building Program to help organizations build and implement systems that will…

(This guest post was written by Dr. Phyl Renninger and Dr. Karen Stinson, co-authors of a number of Thompson’s grant-related publications.  Dr. Renninger is the Director of Resource Development for Florida State College at Jacksonville and the president of the…

Here’s your weekly compilation of noteworthy stories and happenings.

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Despite statistics showing lagging job placements under the Department of Labor’s Green Jobs initiative, Employment and Training Administration officials stand by it and maintain that grantees will…

That’s right. As you read this, Adrianne and I are in Las Vegas covering the annual national conference of the Grant Professionals Association. This year’s theme is “Silver Linings: Opportunities in Challenging Economies.”

It’s been several months in the making but the Federal Demonstration Partnership has finally released its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Administrative Impact Survey Report. This is definitely a must-read for the folks at the Office of Management and Budget,…

(This post is excerpted from a story in the Oct. 10 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) A coalition of housing advocacy groups and other stakeholders recently sent a letter to the Senate urging them to take “swift action to strengthen…