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) […]
Don’t Do These 3 Things When Managing Your Grant
The perfect storm of grant waste, fraud, and abuse can turn a dream award into a nightmare when you are managing your grant. Managing Your Grant – When Good Grants Go Bad An example of good grants going bad include a former Grant Administrator sentenced for stealing over $160,000 in grant funds. The grant funds were […]
Decoding Grant Management-Success Tip: Types of Federal Awards
Does the idea of decoding grant management make you feel unsettled? (Maybe even a little anxious as you pour through all the grant regulations?) Since the founding of the United States, federal grants have historically been seen as a gift with a few conditions thrown in. The Federal Government didn’t seem to take the concept […]
3 Areas for Grant Management Improvement
I recently checked back following a shocking report on the condition of federal grant management in the City of Detroit following their bankruptcy. And I was so happy to see how they were turning around their lack of federal award compliance Not only are their efforts bearing fruit from a grant management improvement standpoint–but even […]
$7 Million Repayment Blues: City Readies Payback for Lack of Grant Management
A few years back I wrote a case study about mismanaged federal grant funds from a highly critical audit report criticizing a lack of grant management. The Baltimore Brew reported that the City of Baltimore was preparing to repay nearly $7 million in federal funding from a $9.5 million federal award earmarked to serve the […]
The Shocking Tale of Grant Management: 71 Programs-0- Compliance?
Ready for a grant compliance “comeback” story? A while back, I wrote about troubles that the City of Detroit had with federal grant compliance. The Detroit News reported that the Ford Foundation had donated $127,000 to review the City of Detroit’s federal grant management and recommend how to improve the grant administration process. At the […]