What a week, huh?  I wasn’t quite sure how we’d make it through this one – and the degree to which we’ve made it through unscathed is surely a matter of opinion.  But now we can get back to our…

Now that some of the dust has settled on the debt limit negotiations and the basic framework has been announced, we can start looking at what impacts it could have down the road. With significant cuts in the final agreement,…

Increasingly, federal agencies are stressing partnerships and collaborative approaches, not only in their calls for funding proposals, but also in terms of how some of its programs are administered. The Obama administration has rolled out a number of multiagency initiatives,…

(This post is based on an upcoming article in the Single Audit Information Service.) A Louisiana agency plans to implement monthly performance evaluations to improve subrecipient monitoring efforts under a Hazardous Mitigation Grant program as a way to address recommendations…

As this post is published, I will be on vacation relaxing on a beach, soaking in the warm sun and trying to escape reality. Trying to forget the day-to-day responsibilities is one of the joys of traveling. However, when it…

(This post is excerpted from an article in the Aug. 8 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) In light of the general climate around discretionary spending and fiscal responsibility, the outlook for federal spending on children’s programs is dim, according to…

Whether you love it, hate it or are just plain sick of hearing about it, a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling seems to be within sight of Congress and the White House.  The partisan kicking, scratching and biting…

So it’s d-day, and by that I mean debt deal day. Leaders in the two political parties hammered out a deal over the weekend to avert the default on the country’s debt that would have occurred tomorrow if Congress failed…

Last Thursday, the Office of Management and Budget published a Federal Register notice soliciting comments on the renewal of the Federal Financial Report form, which is also known as SF-425. In a related email to stakeholder groups, Marguerite Pridgen from the…

As much as I’d love to talk about something — anything — other than the debt ceiling debate, it’s unavoidable. There’s too much at stake and too many funding streams that could be impacted for us to ignore the ongoing…