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Uniform Guidance “Musts” and “Shoulds” Still Cause Confusion

April 17, 2018 – 9:56 am

In an odd way, I found myself thinking about the anti-drug public service announcement campaign from the late 1980s while attending a Grants Training Forum yesterday hosted by Thompson Information Services and the Public Contracting Institute here in Washington, D.C….

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

Looking Forward to Reviews Slated for 2018

December 13, 2017 – 8:29 am

We here at Thompson are always trying to keep an eye on the future of grants and as we prepare to head into 2018, we are very curious to see what will develop as two provisions of the Office of…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations | Also tagged 2018, OMB, reviews | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: OMB Assessing Uniform Guidance Revisions Stemming from New Laws

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…

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

COGR Letter to OMB Seeks Amendment to Payment Provision

November 1, 2017 – 6:50 am

The 2017 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Compliance Supplement has been available for a couple of months now, but one group now is strongly urging OMB to make a change to it. For that matter, it also want to…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, Professional Organizations | Also tagged COGR, Compliance Supplement, OMB | Comments (0)

2016 Compliance Supplement Provides Auditors with a “Smoothing Option”

August 16, 2016 – 1:15 pm

It may have taken the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) until this month to finally release the 2016 2 C.F.R. Part 200 Appendix XI Compliance Supplement, but at least it addressed a timely issue that couldn’t wait any longer….

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits | Also tagged auditors, major programs, OMB, OMB 2016 Compliance Supplement, programs, smoothing option, Type A low-risk programs | Comments (0)

Sneak Preview: Subrecipients Urged To Understand Indirect Costs

August 3, 2016 – 6:00 am

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) Many subrecipients that currently have no negotiated indirect cost rate are opting to accept the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate available under the Office…

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

Sneak Preview: SF-SAC Issued For Audits Under Uniform Guidance

July 29, 2016 – 8:15 am

(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released a new Data Collection Form for Reporting on Audits of States, Local Governments, Indian Tribes, Institutions of…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits, Uncategorized | Also tagged audit, audits, Data Collection Form, guidance, OMB, SF-SAC | Comments (0)

Which Rules Apply? Uniform Guidance or Former OMB Circulars

July 6, 2016 – 8:40 am

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…

By Jerry Ashworth | Posted in Funding Agencies, Grants Management, OMB Circulars and Regulations | Also tagged award date, OMB circulars, subrecipient monitoring | Comments (0)

Uniform Guidance Webcast Coming, But Compliance Supplement Is Still Late

June 22, 2016 – 6:53 am

The folks at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are keeping us on our toes lately. Last week, OMB sent out a notice that it would be producing a webcast on the uniform grant guidance on Monday, June 27….

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

More Federal Agencies Finalize Uniform Guidance Adoption

February 10, 2016 – 8:19 am

As we approach President’s Day, it seemed like a perfect time to, once again, assess which federal agencies have finalized their adoption of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) uniform grant guidance into their agency regulations, and more importantly,…

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

Tag Archives: uniform guidance

Uniform Guidance “Musts” and “Shoulds” Still Cause Confusion

Looking Forward to Reviews Slated for 2018

Sneak Preview: OMB Assessing Uniform Guidance Revisions Stemming from New Laws

COGR Letter to OMB Seeks Amendment to Payment Provision

2016 Compliance Supplement Provides Auditors with a “Smoothing Option”

Sneak Preview: Subrecipients Urged To Understand Indirect Costs

Sneak Preview: SF-SAC Issued For Audits Under Uniform Guidance

Which Rules Apply? Uniform Guidance or Former OMB Circulars

Uniform Guidance Webcast Coming, But Compliance Supplement Is Still Late

More Federal Agencies Finalize Uniform Guidance Adoption

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