Yesterday, President Obama issued a proclamation declaring September to be National Preparedness Month. The announcement falls between a run of two unusual natural disasters on the East Coast and the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, widely seen as…

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Institutions receiving Department of Health and Human Services biomedical and behavioral research grants will be required to submit more comprehensive reports to their grantor agency detailing how…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended the application deadline for its Assistance to Firefighters grants to September 16 at 5 p.m.  FEMA issued the one-week extension to allow potential applicants to maintain their focus on any response and recovery…

Those of us on the East Coast have a serious beef with Mother Nature right now after experiencing an earthquake, hurricane and severe flooding — all within one week! Still, there are lessons to be learned here. It’s times like…

(This post is excerpted from a story in the Sept. 5 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) The past two decades have brought both tremendous progress and periodic setbacks in child well-being at national, state and local levels, according to a…

First of all, I hope that you’re safe and dry, wherever you are.  Second, speaking from personal experience, never take a Caribbean island vacation during hurricane season.  Third, if you ever have a Plan B that includes a spontaneous road…

It’s that time again. We’ve picked our fourth product giveaway winner. Check out the video below to see who won.

The East Coast earthquake is over, the hurricane’s just about to start and Congress is still in recess — what better time to catch up on a few things you may have missed.

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Government Accountability Office is taking a unique approach to issuing the 2011 revision of the Government Auditing Standards. At press time, the GAO released an…

Many organizations depend on volunteers to keep things running smoothly. Funding is a crucial resource, but it’s not the only resource an organization has to draw from.