Video: How to Avoid Five Pain Points in the New Grant Regulations

Interested in how to implement the new Federal grant regulations at your organization successfully? Want to avoid the major “gotchas” in the new 2 CFR Part 200 also known as the Uniform Guidance or the “Super-Circular”? In this 6-minute video, Lucy Morgan CPA walks you through 5 pain points to be aware of in the […]
Happy Grant Professionals Appreciation Day!

March is the time for Grant Professionals Appreciation! I want to take a moment to thank all the grant managers out there who are working hard to improve their communities, and the world through great grant management! You work hard to help people and make the world a better place to live in. You work […]
How To Win At Federal Grant Management-2 CFR Part 200-Style Part I

What’s the first step in winning the game? Knowing how to keep score! Want to know how the “other team” aka Federal Agencies will be judged on the effectiveness of the new uniform guidance? We dug through the massive piles of documents surrounding the new grant regulations and here is what we discovered… There are […]
The Sooner You Know These Key Parts Of The New Grant Regulations, The Better

All the waiting is now over…well mostly over New Grant Regulations . The new grant regulations have taken effect as of December 26, 2014. Now the “dress rehearsal” is over and we are “live” with the new 2 CFR Part 200 Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Standards. Are you back from the holidays with […]
5 Top Resolutions for 2015

Do you believe in New Year’s resolutions Resolutions for 2015? For 44% of us, making New Year’s resolutions is a part of the holidays. (Of course turning them into reality is generally a little harder…) Last year, many of our 2014 New Year’s resolutions went by the wayside when we returned from the holidays to discover […]
Procurement Rules: Too Good To Be True?

Recently, OMB clarified two other sources of confusion on implementing the NEW procurement standards Procurement Rules . I had to pinch myself because these seemed too good to be true! Do Indirect Costs Get a Pass? First of all, OMB stated that the procurement standards only apply to costs directly charged to award, and NOT […]