One look at the calendar and you can easily tell its July 2016. The uniform guidance has been applicable for federal awards since Dec. 26, 2014. Generally speaking, that now makes a year and half under the Office of Management…
Pass-through entities have traditionally made subawards and contracts under a federal award, but the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) uniform grant guidance offers a new option, the fixed amount subaward. A pass-through entity may offer fixed amount subawards to…
We hope everyone enjoyed their July 4th holiday. Personally, I spent much of the extended weekend painting my daughter’s bedroom (long-time followers of Funding Attractions may notice a trend here). I also used the opportunity to prune and plant some…
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is taking steps to ensure that its staff adequately records pass-through data in the state’s Annual Fiscal Report portal, and…
December 26, 2012 – 11:41 am
So, just how well do you understand the grantee-subgrantee relationship? One of the most common audit findings occurs when a prime grant recipient has failed to correctly identify a subrecipient as such and has instead executed a contract. Such a…
In a blog post a year ago today, I complained about the confusing language in a change made in the 2011 OMB Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. I even offered a much clearer alternative. I mentioned my suggestion to others in…
OK, although I promised myself I wouldn’t go overboard, I had to do this at least once. We present the return of the snail. If you were a follower of our blog posts last spring, you’ll probably remember that we…
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Prime recipients monitoring their subrecipients’ internal control risks should treat even minor concerns seriously because they could eventually become more significant if not addressed early.
October 5, 2011 – 7:00 am
It’s been several months in the making but the Federal Demonstration Partnership has finally released its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Administrative Impact Survey Report. This is definitely a must-read for the folks at the Office of Management and Budget,…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Compliance/Reporting, Education, Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Professional Organizations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus
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Also tagged ARRA, burdens, data, FDP, Federal Demonstration Partnership, impacts, Recovery Act, report, reporting, survey
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August 24, 2011 – 6:00 am
Here she is! The second winner of our new grants publications giveaway was Colleen Campbell, statewide single audit coordinator for the Alaska Department of Administration, Division of Finance. I got in touch with her recently to find out more about…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Grants Management, Monitoring/Subrecipients/Subawards, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Recovery Act/ARRA/Stimulus, Single Audits
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Also tagged AICPA, Alaska, ARRA, audit, economy, FFATA, Government Auditing Standards, grants, single audit, state, Statement on Auditing Standards
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