A couple weeks ago we looked at When Good Grants Go Bad | Federal audit findings of more than $700,000 in misspent award funds. In this article, I want to dig deeper into the specific findings and do a mini-case study on how the new grant regulations apply to the issues that surfaced When Good […]
New Grant Management Regulations
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 […]
5 Tips to Make the New Grant Regulations Relevant
Let’s face it. No one likes compliance training. Right? There aren’t compliance training parties. People don’t sign up for “fantasy compliance training leagues” It’s not big in video games. (Though maybe a game like candy crush where you are crushing regulations could be popular.) So how do get employees to not only listen to training, […]
New Grant Regulations: How Do You Compare?
Wondering how your implementation of the new grant regulations compares with other award recipients? We recently surveyed our grant community to see how the implementation of the new grant regulations was going. We imagined some unanticipated results, but even I was amazed by the responses. Here are the results: What New Grant Regulations? The first […]
The Top 5 Mistakes Every Grant Manager Should Know: Part II
Last week we looked at The Top 5 Mistakes Every Grant Manager Should Know: Part I. Today we are continuing our series by exploring the final three common types of issues that surface in Federal awards. These mistakes are so common that the Federal Audit Clearinghouse uses standard codes for reporting them when audit data is […]
3 Tips To Get Seen As The Best Choice For Grant Funding
In our last article we looked at 3 mistakes that sabotage grant management success as we make ourselves invisible to Federal Agencies looking to award grant funds. Now let’s switch gears and look at some steps you can take to BE SEEN by Federal agencies as the RIGHT solution to meet their funding objectives. Tip […]
