How would you like to write a $2.3 million check to the US Treasury because your grant was mismanaged? Sound painful? A recent Office of the Inspector General report recommended that $2.3 million in grant funds be repaid to the Federal government. The award was made by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to the […]
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Find the Hidden Certification Requirement in the New Grant Management Regulations
The new grant management guidance contained in the “super-circular” is designed to improve program outcomes and spending accountability. You may be wondering exactly how that’s going to happen? Well, one of that ways to achieve those results is to have grant recipients “get more skin in the game” with a new certification that all the […]
7 Ways the Government Shutdown is Squeezing the Grant Community
Do you feel like your Squeezing the Grant Community has disappeared into the land of limbo? Wondering what effect the government shutdown is having on the grant management activities? Here are 7 ways the partial closure of the Federal government is impacting the grants community: #1 Scientific Research back to the Dark Ages? The National […]
Part II: The Minimalist Guide to Proposed Changes of the Grant and Cooperative Agreement Regulations
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its “Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Cost Principles and Administrative Requirements” report in February 2013. While the proposed changes for Administrative Requirements and Cost Principles have not been enacted yet, here is what may be coming in the near future: Part II: 19 Reforms […]
What Lance Armstrong Can Teach Us About Whistle-blower Lawsuits
Following Lance Armstrong’s shocking confession about the amount and duration of doping to win top cycling honors, the US Justice Department is now reportedly planning to join a federal whistle-blower lawsuit against Armstrong which seeks to get back federal funds paid to him and his management team to sponsor the US Postal Service (USPS) cycling […]