It’s the nightmare scenario! Picture grant funds flying out the door with seemingly little or no oversight? (Remember the “bad” part of the ARRA funding days in 2009?) The stories in the press certainly give the impression that good grants frequently go bad as you witness headline after headline talking about grant mismanagement and the […]
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How to Create Written Procurement Procedures from Scratch
The requirement for written procurement procedures is part of the Uniform Guidance that many federal grant recipients have been slow to implement. So if you are wondering how to create the “dreaded” written procurement procedures manual from scratch, don’t worry. I have created a roadmap for success on this federal grant requirement. Written Procurement Procedures […]
Seven Ways to Improve Grant Management-Part II
In my last post: Seven Ways to Improve Grant Management Part I, I looked share grant management resources you. These suggestions from various Office of the Inspectors General (OIG) on how to improve management of your grant. In this second part of our series, I expand on their suggestions by looking at monitoring, performance measurements […]
Winter Blues? Escape to Orlando for Grant Management Boot Camp
Are you sick of winter yet? (I know during this time of year, I get really tired of how early it gets dark and the cold weather that accompanies this time of year.) If you are a grant professional and feel that way too, I have an exciting opportunity to share with you… Grant Management […]
Do the Uniform Guidance FAQs Really Matter?
It’s an all too familiar dilemma. How do you sort through the pages and pages of grant updates, FAQ’s, White Papers and Webinars and still have time to do your “regular” work. I can relate to this feeling of overwhelm about the job of a grant professional in this day and age where the grant […]
Decoding Grant Management-Success Tip: Record Retention
Are you facing the “Goldilocks Dilemma” of record retention? Is your record retention too much? Not enough? Or just right? Wondering which records to keep for your federal grant record-retention requirements and which ones can be tossed? (Inadequate supporting documentation is an area that gets many federal grant recipients into trouble.) Lets walk through the […]