grants management

OMB’s new guidance, RFI boost grant modernization efforts

OMB’s 2024 Revisions of the Uniform Grants Guidance aim to streamline, simplify and expand the overall reach of the $1.2 trillion that agencies award…

Management

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Joint review meetings are OMB’s latest tool to improve program performance

Management

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After setbacks, FEMA aims to complete grants modernization rollout by next spring

IT Modernization

Grants QSMO shifts latest attempt to modernize systems into next gear

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Veterans Affairs begins new focus on network cyber controls

Federal Newscast

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Federal money is flowing to support local jobs creation

Workforce

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COVID-19 changed grants management, damaged performance of some grant programs

Commentary

Agencies get new workforce priorities to focus on for next few years

Federal Newscast

Two National Science Foundation people win a prize for financial innovation

Artificial Intelligence

Do federal grants need tweaking for better results?

Management

GAO worried foreign adversaries are getting their hands on NIH-funded discoveries

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington. A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police. The Health and Human Services inspector general's office faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law that requires nursing homes to immediately notify police. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

HHS QSMO sees $6B more in grants handled through shared services this year

While HHS grants QSMO program office won’t reach full maturity until 2030, the agency is already seeing its work paying off.

Agency Oversight

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DHS missing criteria data for grants awarded to combat extremism, GAO says

Homeland Security handed out 26 grants to state and local governments to combat violent extremism. But they failed to document the criteria for the awards,…

Agency Oversight

GSA almost ready to launch first set of modernized payroll services

Shared Services

GSA’s NewPay and DHS’ cyber quality service management office (QSMO) are going to be the first initiatives out of the gate with new capabilities in 2021, while grants, financial management and others are expecting major changes too next year.