September 21, 2016 – 7:24 am
Earlier this year, we released a post about a federal grant program to assist and rehabilitate those who have been released from our nation’s prisons. Now, the federal government is providing award funds for programs aimed at eliminating unnecessary confinement…
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook). Nonprofit organizations receiving funds from pass-through entities should not simply rely on the pass-through entity to tell them whether or not they are receiving federal grant funds,…
February 20, 2013 – 7:56 am
So I’m sure all you have diligently spent the last couple of weeks reading every word of OMB’s 244-page proposed grants reform guidance, as well as all the various crosswalks, and now know them word-for-word.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Grants Management, Improper Payments, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, Technology/Systems
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Also tagged fiscal cliff, grants, IPERA, OMB, proposed grants reform guidance, Thompson, webinar
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September 28, 2011 – 6:00 am
One TV commercial that many of us can relate to — myself included — is a spot for 5-hour ENERGY. See the video at the bottom of this post.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Education, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations
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Also tagged equipment, evaluations, Faculty Burden Survey, Federal Demonstration Partnership, IRB, reporting, researchers, universities
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September 21, 2011 – 6:00 am
We’re now entering fall and to me, that means one thing — football! Fans nationwide will spend countless hours rooting on their favorite team, cheering the touchdowns and cringing over critical turnovers. Some teams, in an attempt to wear out…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Awards, Compliance/Reporting, Foundations, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Legislation, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus
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Also tagged agencies, ARRA, discretionary grants, federal agencies, football, funds, memorandum, OMB, Recovery Act
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August 24, 2011 – 9:24 am
Don’t panic! It was only a “minor” earthquake.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Grants Management, Improper Payments, Professional Organizations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Also tagged accouting, AICPA, auditing, audits, conference, earthquake, East Coast, HHS, NASACT, programs, single audits, Washington
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August 1, 2011 – 11:14 am
So it’s d-day, and by that I mean debt deal day. Leaders in the two political parties hammered out a deal over the weekend to avert the default on the country’s debt that would have occurred tomorrow if Congress failed…
February 16, 2011 – 10:00 am
Look at this window. Does it look weatherized to you? Me neither.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Improper Payments, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, Single Audits
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Also tagged abuse, audit, fraud, funds, SA, state comptroller, Tennessee, waste, weatherization
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