The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on September 25, 2012 entitled “Grants to State and Local Governments: An Overview of Federal Funding Levels and Selected Challenges.” The report provided a synopsis of federal assistance programs, the grant awards process, and funding levels of federal grants over the last thirty years. The GAO did […]
Read MoreThe Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently sustained protests by several housing agencies who asserted that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) use of a notice of funding availability (NOFA) was improper in seeking to obtain contract administration services. Instead, the protesters contend, HUD should have used a procurement instrument for these services. (GAO […]
Read MoreYesterday at the NGMA monthly training session, representatives from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) gave participants some insight on what to expect regarding grants streamlining efforts. Tom James and Betsy Hosler of the GAO introduced a “New Streamlining Engagement” effort that will: “1) Evaluate the progress OMB and other federal grant governance bodies have made […]
Read MoreWe generally don’t use this space to toot our own horn, but this is a special occasion. Last week, the Grants Management Certificate Program graduated its 5000th student. On behalf of all of us here at Management Concepts, we’d like to thank all of the Certificate Program candidates who allowed us to assist them with […]
Read MoreOn September 5, 2012, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s judgment finding that Cornell University’s Weill Medical College and Dr. Wilfred van Gorp, a former faculty member, submitted false claims on grant renewal applications and progress reports from 1999 through 2001. The case is U.S. ex rel. Daniel Feldman v. Wilfred […]
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