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OMB Issues 2014 A-133 Compliance Supplement With Numerous Changes

May 19, 2014 – 2:37 pm

Well, well, we only had to run one snail this year. The Office of Management and Budget today issued on its website the 2014 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. OMB didn’t meet its April target deadline, but issuing it 19 days…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Section 1512 Reporting Under the Recovery Act Comes to a Close

March 12, 2014 – 2:10 pm

After focusing so much on the details of the Office of Management and Budget’s grant reform guidance, we failed to notice an important announcement recently posted on the Recovery.gov website. The Section 1512 reporting requirement for American Recovery and Reinvestment…

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Sneak Preview: Broadband Program Closeout Improvements Sought

February 5, 2014 – 11:44 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) National Telecommunications and Information Administration officials are consulting with two other Department of Commerce agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Oceanic and…

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Start the Fireworks! The 2013 Compliance Supplement Is Out!

July 3, 2013 – 11:11 am

And here it is, just in time for July 4, the fireworks I promised earlier this week. The Office of Management and Budget yesterday released the 2013 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. It was almost as if they were inspired by…

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Sneak Preview: OIG Seeks Documentation Improvements at Airports

June 7, 2013 – 6:51 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Over the next year, the Federal Aviation Administration will survey certain airports receiving FAA grants to determine which keep electronic grant records and how it can access…

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Sneak Preview: FHWA To Evaluate State Cost Estimation Procedures

January 9, 2013 – 7:00 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Federal Highway Administration officials plan to review each state’s cost estimating procedures by May 2013 to ensure that states are obligating funds for American Recovery and Reinvestment…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Single Audits, State and Local Governments | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

So Many Storylines to Follow in 2013

January 3, 2013 – 9:36 am

Happy New Year! Glad to see that in the past month we survived both the Mayan’s prediction that the world would end and the dreaded gloom-and-doom scenario stemming from the “fiscal cliff” (which Congress used every second — and more…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Budget Preparation, Congress, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Are You Sure You Know How To Manage Subrecipients?

December 26, 2012 – 11:41 am

So, just how well do you understand the grantee-subgrantee relationship? One of the most common audit findings occurs when a prime grant recipient has failed to correctly identify a subrecipient as such and has instead executed a contract. Such a…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, Improper Payments, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: Clearer Roles Sought for Highway Project Oversight

November 28, 2012 – 11:44 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) As the Federal Highway Administration and states develop agreements for overseeing highway infrastructure project awards, FHWA must do more to clarify each party’s roles and responsibilities to…

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Sneak Preview: NSF OIG To Sustain Use of Data Analytics Post-ARRA

October 19, 2012 – 6:00 am

The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Because the enhanced data mining and data analytics capabilities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has enabled it to conduct audits more efficiently and effectively, the…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits, Technology/Systems | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)
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