Since the inauguration, the Trump administration has taken significant action, through executive orders and memorandums, which may affect Federal grants. The extent to which grants management will be impacted is still unclear; however, it is important for Federal awarding agencies and grant recipients to keep themselves informed.
Here’s our rundown of what’s happened, what’s happening, and what’s on the horizon:
Tag: grants management
GPA GrantSummit 2023: In the Heart of America
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DownloadThe annual tradition continues: Management Concepts had a wonderful time connecting and reconnecting with all our Grant Professional Association (GPA) friends at the GrantSummit, which took place November 1–4,. read more…
The Reform Proposal’s Potential Impact on Federal Grant Making
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Read MoreI’ve already written about the evaluation section of “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century,” the Trump Administration’s outline for reorganizing the Federal Government. Now, I’d like to focus on the potential movements of grant makers and programs.
Federal Spotlight Interview: Nathaniel H. Benjamin
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Read MoreI’ve been in Federal Service excluding military time for about 15 years and my main responsibility is managing the Human Capital Office for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under that responsibility, I’m responsible for talent acquisition for general schedule employees.
What makes audit findings so Special?
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Read MoreIt was Christmas in April at Management Concepts. At least for me. I worked with our colleague Meghan to pull down the Single Audit Clearinghouse as of March 31, 2017.
So every few days I’ve started to play with the data to figure out what path I want to go down from a research perspective – or to find out what would help our students. I admit – I could play with this information all day. Which is why no one has taught me how to program our internal dashboards.
The Compliance Conundrum With Federal Grants: National Grants Management Association 2018
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Read MoreIt’s always great to hear from Rhea Hubbard, Senior Policy Analyst at the Office of Management and Budget, in any setting. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that the President’s Management Agenda Cross-Agency Priority Goal #8 is all about grants – and that we’re keeping on keeping on with the long slog of grant reform.
The New Administration Signals Potential Changes for Grants Management
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Read MoreSince the inauguration, the Trump administration has taken significant action, through executive orders and memorandums, which may affect Federal grants. The extent to which grants management will be impacted is still unclear; however, it is important for Federal awarding agencies and grant recipients to keep themselves informed.
Here’s our rundown of what’s happened, what’s happening, and what’s on the horizon:
Agencies Required to Use Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN) for Grant Awards
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Read MoreThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently outlined new initiatives designed to improve data quality and information of federal grant spending on USASpending.gov. In a June 2013 memorandum to the chief financial officers of federal agencies, OMB Deputy Controller Norman Dong directed agencies to 1) assign all federal financial awards with a unique identifying number and 2) validate funding information on USASpending.gov.