Grant management is not just about doing everything right. It also includes monitoring to make sure things aren’t being done wrong. Grant fraud and misuse of grant funds is an unfortunate reality of grants management. Concealment Behaviors Grant professionals should be aware of 9 typical types of concealment behaviors that may indicate grant fraud is taking […]
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5 Ways to Reduce the Risk of a Conflict of Interest
In our last post, we looked at 6 questions you should ask to tell how safe your federal grant is from conflicts of interest. In today’s post, we’ll look at what you can do to reduce the risk of a conflict of interest affecting your organization and your federal funding. Here are 5 Ways to Reduce the […]
How Safe is Your Grant from Conflicts of Interest?
Good grants management requires grantees to use their federal funds in the best interests of their Federal grant. But when the people put their personal best interests before the best interests of the Federal program the result can shatter trust-both with the funding agency and within the organization. And trust once broken is expensive and […]
Why Should You Care About Grant Compliance?
In November 2012 President Obama signed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012. (WPEA) This piece of legislation significantly improved the whistleblower protections for federal whistleblowers. Whistleblowers play a critical role in exposing waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement as well as risk to public health and safety in all areas of the Federal government. You […]
14 Grant Fraud Warning Signs: Which Are You Ignoring?
No one wants to think the “unthinkable” could happen at their organization. But the fact is waste, fraud, and abuse of grant funds happens every day across the $600+ billion in federal grants awarded each year. So how can you avoid becoming a victim of grant fraud? The first step is being aware of the […]
How to Write a Corrective Action Plan
What if you were certain the world was coming to an end and it wasn’t? If you followed the disturbing story of the Hawaiian missile alert sent in error, you probably are glad you weren’t there for the “This is not a drill” emergency drill! Yikes! Things (obviously) didn’t work as expected! The Associated Press (AP) […]