A recent article I read pointed out what perhaps should have been an obvious conclusion: the economic recession and the subsequent recovery were—and are—impacting women differently from men. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to social and economic impact.

Since we in the grants world understand the importance of quantifiable progress measures (although I’ll have some questions for you about that in an upcoming post), I wanted to share a couple of ours.

Today, Senate Democrats unveiled their spending vision for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. Their proposal cuts $51 billion from the FY 2011 budget that was proposed by President Obama but never enacted.

It’s no secret that states face budget crises that are potentially more damaging for local entities than discretionary spending cuts at the federal level. States claim that they were the first into the recession, and many are still climbing out…

A tug of war over federal funds for high-speed rail projects has developed in recent weeks since Florida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott rejected $2.4 billion that was allotted by President Obama for a high-speed rail project that would have connected…

(This guest post was authored by David Young, founder and CEO of Young and Associates/Solutions for Local Governments. Mr. Young is a former county commissioner for Buncombe County, N.C., where he served for 16 years. He is the former president…

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing correctly! Dot the Is, cross the Ts and get the numbers right! This seems to be the growing mantra in the federal government concerning reporting on federal awards.

Democrats and Republicans found common ground today on temporary measures to avoid a government shutdown.

(This post is excerpted from an alert to Thompson subscribers and was written by Charles Edwards, senior executive director for Thompson’s education products.) A two-week funding extension proposed by House Republicans last Friday would cut $4 billion, foreshadowing larger cuts…

Cloudy with a chance of crackdown… Are you reeling from all the talk of continuing resolutions, partisan politics, and D.C. one-cuts-manship?  Disappointed that you stayed up to watch the Oscars and your favorite movie didn’t win?  Disoriented by the wacky…