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DOT Urges States To Meet April 2019 State Safety Oversight Deadline

банки рефинансирование кредитов онлайн заявки In football, there’s the two-minute warning. For the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), we now have the one-year warning.

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Take Time To Review, Comment on Agency Draft Strategic Plans

Without trying to date myself, I recall that the early 1970s was an era of some truly sappy love songs. Some of the leading contenders include “Lovin’ You” by Minnie Riperton, “Muskrat Love” by the Captain and Tennille, and “Close…

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Universities Win Awards To Help Make Trucking Safer

The other day, I saw the headline from an article in the Kansas City Star, and I had to read a couple of times to make sure I read it correctly. The headline: “Area schools share a $14 million federal…

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Sneak Preview: FTA To Issue Guidance on At-Risk Grantee Oversight

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) plans to develop guidance for its regional officials by the end of the year to ensure that…

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Department of Transportation Offers New Round of TIGER Funding

Ever go eight rounds with a tiger? Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? Not to worry, that’s not the type of tiger were referring to today. This one is more positive, and less life-threatening.

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Federal Agencies Encouraged To Work Together on Elderly Services

Teamwork – it never gets old. If only we could say the same thing about our own lives. Promoting such teamwork is the major recommendation from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a recent report evaluating federal agency programs for…

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FHWA Proposal Develops National Performance Measures for Safety

Anyone who has read through the Office of Management and Budget’s grant reform guidance (and I would hope that all grants stakeholders already have) knows that improving performance is a critical goal for the future of grants management. Although not…

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Sneak Preview: Memo Warns About Ineligible Firms in DBE Program

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) After discovering that three suspended or debarred firms were listed as eligible contractors in the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, DOT’s Office of Inspector General…

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Sneak Preview: OIG Seeks Documentation Improvements at Airports

(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 Plans To Collect Better Highway Safety Data

(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Federal Highway Administration is taking steps to ensure states provide better data on the Highway Safety Improvement Program through the agency’s online reporting tool in response…

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