Transportation grants can be at risk when procurement procedures are missing or incomplete. With all the infrastructure and transportation grants flowing of late, we decided to revisit this cautionary tale from the past. Here’s what happened… An Inspector General report highlighted the risk to over $7 billion dollars in undisbursed funds for the High Speed […]
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10 Essential Questions (and Answers) for Grant Managers-Part II
“How do pass-throughs entities (and grant managers) assess risk and integrity? We use subawards, but I’m unsure how to assess risk and integrity.” “Do sole source procurement rules apply to all purchase threshold levels? Do you have to seek prior approval from the funding agency to sole source?” “Would a consultant providing services to a non-profit […]
10 Essential Questions (and Answers) for Grant Managers-Part I
“Do you have a format for a sub-recipient risk assessment to develop monitoring plans?” “Can you clarify if indirect dollars are subject to the procurement standards?” These are just some of the questions we received at one of our webinars with grant managers on changes to the 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Grant Guidance. In case […]
Grant Management: Do You Make These 10 Mistakes?
Sometimes, we get lost in the jargon of internal controls and grant management and forget the role of strong checks and balances in increasing trust with our funders, employees, and the general public. (I shared this message on how internal controls can increase trust with federal grants at an AICPA Not-for-Profit Industry conference in Washington.) How to […]
How to Write A Corrective Action Plan-Part II
If you are a federal grant recipient, you probably know that a lot has changed implementing 2 CFR Part 200, aka, the Uniform Guidance for grants. But you may not realize that one of the goals of this change was to reduce the number of audit findings and the need for corrective action plans. Better […]
The Shocking Truth about $2.3 Million Payback of Grant Funds
How would you like to write a $2.3 million check to the US Treasury because your grant was mismanaged? Sound painful? An 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 state […]