We’ve been taking a trip around the bases of the Crystal City Marriott this week attending sessions at the National Grants Management Association’s annual training conference, which has been focusing around its baseball theme, “Grants Management: In Full Swing.” Following…
In today’s age of specializing to target audiences, here’s a new twist. We recently came across a new grants and resources website offered under the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The site aims to provide tools…
January 24, 2013 – 9:10 am
(The following post ran in Thompson’s education blog, Title 1-derland.) Oh, where, oh where, can it be?
January 14, 2013 – 1:30 pm
There may be many other pressing concerns — the federal debt, gun control, foreign wars, to name a few — but President Obama has ensured that reducing federal government improper payments remains high on his agenda.
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Awards, Congress, Funding Agencies, Grants Management, Improper Payments, Legislation, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Technology/Systems
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Also tagged agencies, agency, databases, Do Not Pay, federal agencies, improper payments, OMB, programs
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September 23, 2011 – 7:07 am
Congress fumbled this week on its first efforts to pass a measure that would give us some certainty regarding funding levels for the foreseeable future. To help distract you while we wait for them to hash out the latest round…
August 2, 2011 – 10:08 am
Whether you love it, hate it or are just plain sick of hearing about it, a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling seems to be within sight of Congress and the White House. The partisan kicking, scratching and biting…
About every guy I know has it happen every so often. He’s discussing important business details with a buddy, mind focused on the key points he intends to make. Then an attractive female walks by, he pauses to glance, and…
By Jerry Ashworth
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Posted in Awards, Budget Preparation, Compliance/Reporting, Congress, Federal Budget/Appropriations, Grants Management, Legislation, OMB Circulars and Regulations, Single Audits
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Also tagged Congress, DATA Act, debt ceiling, OMB
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Today was the big day. President Obama met again with Congressional leaders to try and wind down debt talks as the Treasury Department’s Aug. 2 deadline approaches. Hanging in the balance are millions of grant dollars that could be impacted…
(This story is excerpted from the June 20 Local/State Funding Report.) President Obama established the first White House Rural Council on June 9 to build on the administration’s rural economic strategy, address the challenges rural communities face and harness the…
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