Transparency in the News Transparency has been in the news a lot lately! It might even feel like that expecting transparency with federal funding is the norm. In truth, the focus on transparency for federal grants is a relatively new development from being able to track spending on USASpending.gov to reporting executive compensation on the […]
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Happy International Grant Professional Day!
Join me March 8th, 2019 in celebrating International Grant Professional Day #IGPD! Can you say you have an international perspective when it comes to grants? I must say even though I work in the Federal grant realm, I wasn’t aware of the broad scope of people working around the world on grants until I started […]
3 Tips for Coping with Questioned Federal Grant Costs
It can happen to the best of us. The auditors come in and start asking uncomfortable questions. Sometimes you can feel like you are on solid ground with your defense, but then… Oh, there’s the little item you missed in the award terms and conditions. Or maybe your notice of funding opportunity put in place […]
13 Top Tips for Grant Management Monitoring
I recently shared an article on LinkedIn on the 7 warning signs for grant management monitoring, and I was amazed by the response! It felt like people were leaping up from their desks to get their 2 cents in for the top grant management monitoring tips as well! And many of the ideas were actually […]
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 […]
Seven Ways to Improve Grant Management-Part I
I admit it. I’m kind of “geeky” when it comes to grants management. I love to know what’s working with federal grants, and when good grants go bad. If you want to see how things can go wrong with grant management…I mean REALLY wrong, one of the places I love to learn more is the […]