changes – Resource Library

Last week, I was talking to Shane Jernigan (grants expert and blogger extraordinaire) about what he’d be working on before he leaves for vacation. And I correctly predicted that the 2017 OMB Audit Requirements, Appendix XI – Compliance Supplement (2017 Supplement) would come out late on Wednesday, and I’d have to write this post. The Federal Register gave me hope on Monday. But all 1,667 pages didn’t appear on the OMB website until Wednesday.

While summer is generally the time for taking a long vacation from work, officials at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have been busy revising grant policies.

This two-part blog post discusses recent actions that you, a faithful member of the Federal grants community, need to be aware of immediately… or as soon as you get back from the beach, of course.

So, without further ado…

In April 2016, we highlighted several of the changes to the Standard for Project Management from the PMBOK Guide 6th edition. In February of this year, the Project Management Institute (PMI) provided a pre-release Draft of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition to registered education providers (REPs) so that training materials can be updated to align with the new PMBOK® Guide, expected to be officially released in the 3rd quarter of this year.

What a year. And I’m not just talking about what you’re reading in your Facebook and Twitter feeds. We managed to launch or revise six grants courses, including Internal Controls for the Federal Grants Community. These were a labor of love, and I’m excited to see how you like what we did in the classroom.

But it’s early January, and it’s time to make my top 5 New Year’s resolutions for work. Feel free to share yours with me – because as we know in the grants world, crowd-sourcing is essential.

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