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Getting into Gear on the Grant Reforms

August 16, 2013 – 10:22 am

It isn’t much, but at least we have some new information on the latest on the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed guidance to reform grants management and single audit oversight. I would doubt anyone has ever called OMB’s policymaking…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Cost Principles/Direct Costs/Indirect Costs, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Professional Organizations, Single Audits | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Start the Fireworks! The 2013 Compliance Supplement Is Out!

July 3, 2013 – 11:11 am

And here it is, just in time for July 4, the fireworks I promised earlier this week. The Office of Management and Budget yesterday released the 2013 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. It was almost as if they were inspired by…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits | Also tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Perhaps the Dumbest Provision in OMB’s Grants Proposal

June 13, 2013 – 10:11 am

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly introduce to you — “Someone!” Look familiar? No, not to me either. Could be a man; could be a woman. It’s hard to tell. Yet our friend “Someone” here, under the Office of Management and…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

The Popcorn’s Ready! Time Now To Chew Through Some Comments

June 6, 2013 – 9:07 am

You ever sat and watched a bag of microwave popcorn cook in the microwave? You turn it on for a couple of minutes and then wait. For the first minute or so, nothing. Then you hear one pop, then another…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Also tagged , | Comments (0)

Another Month, Another Year, Another Snail

June 3, 2013 – 8:23 am

Another month has passed and here we are in a familiar position — waiting for the Office of Management and Budget to release the 2013 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. Oh yeah, remember that? All the talk lately has been about…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Maryland Toots its Own Horn — With Good Reason

May 31, 2013 – 10:53 am

In a previous post, we mentioned how several grants officials attending the National Grants Management Association’s recent annual training conference were concerned about reduced funding for training, especially in light of potential major changes to grants management and single audits…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Congress, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, State and Local Governments | Also tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Quickly Coming Down to the Wire

May 28, 2013 – 8:28 am

And down the stretch they come!

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Also tagged , | Comments (1)

The Perils of Cut and Paste Revisited

May 23, 2013 – 2:21 pm

Oh, the irony of all ironies. Our colleagues submitting to Thompson’s education blog, Title 1-derland, provided us with a blog entry last week that we thought would be a perfect fit for Funding Attractions. Since it dealt with the OMB’s…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations | Also tagged | Comments (0)

How the IRS Scandal is Affecting the Future of Grants

May 21, 2013 – 8:42 am

You’ve probably heard in the news by now about a bit of a scandal we’re having here in D.C., in which the IRS has been targeting conservative and Tea Party organizations for special scrutiny. This town does love a controversy,…

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Could The DATA Act’s Flame Flicker Again?

May 17, 2013 – 2:17 pm

Oh, the DATA Act. Where have you been for so long? You made big news about a year ago when you passed the House and then, well, you languished. You lost your energy, your fire, and you eventually got shoved…

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By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Congress, Grants Management, Legislation, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits, Technology/Systems | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)
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