August 18, 2017 – 9:10 am
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Government Accountability Office (GAO) officials over the next several months plan to review the more than 90 public comments that GAO received in reference to its…
Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll agree that I can relate anything in life to an episode of M*A*S*H. One of my favorites was an episode early in Season 3 in which Harry Morgan, prior to returning to play…
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing internal procedures to support more consistent monitoring of states…
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to provide more resources to contractors it hires to perform…
The countdown clock has reached zero for federal agencies to comply with the requirements under the DATA Act. Federal agencies now must provide their financial reports in a searchable, machine-readable format in compliance with federal data standards under the Act….
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released an exposure draft containing proposed revisions to the Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), also known as the Yellow Book. Among…
February 8, 2017 – 10:05 am
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the results of its financial audit for fiscal years (FY) 2015 and 2016 federal consolidated financial statements, and the news was not good. It could be summed up in one sentence, to wit:…
December 8, 2016 – 8:54 am
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) plan to better disseminate information about promising practices in which state Supplemental Nutrition…
October 14, 2016 – 7:20 am
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Education (ED) is developing guidance detailing the responsibilities of state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that they comply…
September 30, 2016 – 7:33 am
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Although Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials plan to add information to the Children’s Bureau website about direct federal funding for tribal Foster Care…
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