Category: Grants Management
December 14, 2007
USASpending.gov garners praise from Congress
More from Jason Miller at FCW about the launch of USASpending.gov, including very complimentary comments from Tom Coburn and Tom Davis (These are very rare, so worth collecting!)…
December 13, 2007
FFATA Web site launched: USASpending.gov
‘Tis a momentous day for followers of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) as the Web site that meets the January 1st deadline stated in the law has been launched! USASpending.gov allows users to search grants and contracts (loans…
December 12, 2007
Invitation to comment on the draft Federal Financial Report
The government is trying to consolidate federal financial reporting requirements and recently issued a Federal Register notice to invite comments on the latest draft of that consolidated report. Here’s the heads-up from the National Grants Partnership.
Attached (here [PDF]) please find…
Grants.gov posts Adobe tutorial
Just got this from the Grants.gov mailing list. Good to see these things appearing!
We continue to update the Grants.gov site to reflect the transition from PureEdge to Adobe. You may want to take a few minutes to view our new…
December 4, 2007
Questions for GMLOB consortia leads
In October OMB released its new guidance so each agency can conduct a fit/gap analysis between its grants management needs and the capabilities of GMLOB consortia leads (Education, HHS/ACF, and NSF right now). That guidance includes templates to help agencies map…
NGP Releases Grants Management Standards White Paper
How did I miss this until now?! The latest National Grants Partnership white paper as been released, titled, The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards [PDF]. From the executive summary:
In an effort to achieve [the goals of grants streamlining] and…
November 30, 2007
Next NGP Meeting: Monday 12/3/07
The next NGP meeting is on Monday. I can’t attend (TCG’s annual planning meeting odyssey starts Sunday) but that should only encourage you to go yourself! The new NGP white paper, “The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards,” will be formally…
November 13, 2007
OMB details spending database instructions
The inimitable Jason Miller of FCW has just detailed the latest on FFATA and FedSpending.gov. Highlights here are:
OMB wants agencies to test their processes for submission of data to FPDS-NG and FAADS
GSA awarded a contract to Global Computing Enterprises…
November 6, 2007
Grant Application, Rejected as 46 Minutes Late, May Cost Some Students
Oh dear. The exact reasons why the application were late are not stated in this article but I think two of the comments have it spot-on:
This is why my institution requires all electronically-submitted federal grants to be completed 7 business days…
November 1, 2007
Does grant-making need an overhaul?
The Atlantic magazine’s cover story last month was about the Clinton Foundation’s efforts to revitalize philanthropy [subscription required to read the full article] by bootstrapping and harnessing market forces for social projects, such as improving the HIV/AIDS drug supply to…