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Moving On from the Horrors of Hurricane Katrina

July 15, 2013 – 9:33 am

While it’s still fresh on my mind, I figured I’d spend one more blog post on certain changes contained in the 2013 Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. After last week’s memorial to the deleted programs in this…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Also tagged Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement, HUD, Hurricane Katrina and Rita, OMB | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: States’ Homeland Security Grant Programs Flawed

March 6, 2013 – 7:00 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Several states still have not corrected deficiencies in their homeland security grant programs that were included in audit recommendations as much as 10 years ago, according to…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Single Audits | Also tagged audit deficiencies, homeland security grant programs | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: DHS May Expand Disaster Assistance Review Criteria

October 25, 2012 – 10:38 am

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing how it determines a jurisdiction’s ability to respond to and recover from a disaster including its ability to do so…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Funding Agencies, Grants Management, State and Local Governments | Also tagged disaster assistance, disaster recovery, FEMA | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: DHS to Consolidate Major Preparedness Grant Programs

February 29, 2012 – 6:53 am

(This post was excerpted from an article in the Feb. 27 issue of Local/State Funding Report.) The Department of Homeland Security recently released its plans for the fiscal year 2013 National Preparedness Grant Program, which is administered by the Federal…