December 8, 2017 – 2:37 pm
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is evaluating how several federal laws will necessitate changes to the uniform grant guidance, an OMB grants official told…
December 16, 2016 – 9:06 am
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Grants management continued to be one of the top management and performance challenges facing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the previous year. In…
December 16, 2013 – 3:33 pm
I saw something this weekend that totally astonished me and really got me to thinking about the lengths people will go to for a chance at fame.
September 13, 2013 – 8:09 am
Some weeks are relatively humdrum. There’s not much going on, and I’ll spend several days in a row sitting in front of my computer, writing and editing articles. And then there are weeks like next week. Prepare to have the…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Education, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Improper Payments, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments
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Also tagged AGA, FDP, grants reform proposal, improper payments, NGMA, OMB
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February 1, 2013 – 10:39 am
Well, folks, we in the Thompson grants group are all atwitter (or as amped up as you can be in at a relatively quiet publishing company) today because we are marking not one, but two special occasions.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Cost Principles/Direct Costs/Indirect Costs, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments, Technology/Systems
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Also tagged administrative procedures, cost principles, federal register, grants reform proposal, OMB, single audit
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November 19, 2012 – 2:17 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General recently issued the “2012 Top Management and Performance Challenges” for the year, summarizing the 10 key management priorities facing the agency. Each year, grants management always seems to be…
November 9, 2012 – 9:43 am
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November 8, 2012 – 2:51 pm
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) As the total amount of federal outlays in grants to state and local governments has grown to more than $480 billion as of fiscal year 2011, several…
I came in this morning and did my usual check of the grants management/audit websites, especially the Office of Management and Budget website, for any new word on the final version of the 2012 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. To my…
It’s time again for some more audience participation. I saw this online feature the other day listing some of the dumbest apps created for smart phones. I obviously had to agree that anything flatulence-related should be on the list of…
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