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Spotlight On Debt Talks As Federal Grants Wait In The Wings

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Today was the big day. President Obama met again with Congressional leaders to try and wind down debt talks as the Treasury Department’s Aug. 2 deadline approaches. Hanging in the balance are millions of grant dollars that could be impacted…

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July 7, 2011

Raise Your Hand If You Know Your Job

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Volunteers with a keen awareness of the grants management job market are needed.

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July 7, 2011

Using Appropriate Internal Controls in Everyday Life

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While most of the country was attending parades, eating hot dogs and watching fireworks on July 4th, I spent my day doing one thing — painting. Now because this blog deals with grants, I’m going attempt to compare my painting…

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July 6, 2011

L/SFR Sneak Peek: The Value of Professional Organizations

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(This post is excerpted from an article in the July 11 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) Whether you’re a seasoned grants professional, new to grant research and grantwriting, or the recent inheritor of those activities at your organization, professional organizations…

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July 5, 2011

Two From a Sister Blog and the TMG Blogs Family Reunion

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We at Funding Attractions hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday weekend. In honor of family get-togethers everywhere, we thought we’d share some good stuff from the Thompson Media Group family of blogs.

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July 4, 2011

House Committee Opens Its Legislative Process to Public

House Committee Opens Its Legislative Process to Public

Given the often rancorous debates that happen around legislation, particularly around anything that involves funding, a brush with the appropriations process leaves a lot of folks cold.

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June 30, 2011

Wake Up and Reconsider a Worthwhile Idea

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Following each sunset eventually comes a new sunrise, unless you’re talking about government policy. However, some federal requirements of the past may be worth seeing the light of day again. One such document is the Funding Report to the Congress.

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June 29, 2011

L/SFR Sneak Peek: WIA Reauthorization Advancing in Senate

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(This post is excerpted from an article in the July 4 Local/State Funding Report.) A bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) that expired in 2003 is advancing in the Democratic Senate, but its ultimate passage faces long…

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June 28, 2011

3 Policy Trends and Why You Should Care

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Mention the word “policy,” and you’ll start to see eyes glaze over and hear snoring.  (In fact, that’s a great trick for getting yourself out of most unwanted conversations — just try it sometime.  Unless you’re in D.C., of course,…

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June 27, 2011

Educlichés

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(This list was originally posted by Andrew Brownstein, one of Thompson’s federal education policy editors, and recently appeared on Title I-Derland, Thompson’s blog on federal K-12 policy.) Listening [earlier this month] to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan repeat, for possibly…

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June 24, 2011
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