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Management

How other national governments handle grants management

"Grants about $1 trillion a year or a little more, it's a large part of federal spending and it's distributed across 50 plus agencies," said Jeff Arkin.

Financial Management

All agencies to give grant funding opportunities a facelift

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Grants procurement pilots demonstrate speed to modernization

Management

HHS proves NOFOs can be less complex, easier for applicants

Management

OMB’s new guidance, RFI boost grant modernization efforts

Management

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

IT Modernization

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

Ask the CIO

Grants QSMO shifts latest attempt to modernize systems into next gear

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Federal Newscast

Veterans Affairs begins new focus on network cyber controls

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Workforce

Federal money is flowing to support local jobs creation

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Commentary

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

OPM

Federal Newscast

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

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Artificial Intelligence

Two National Science Foundation people win a prize for financial innovation

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Management

Do federal grants need tweaking for better results?

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Agency Oversight

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

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Agency Oversight

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

Triana McNeil, GAO, Government Accountability Office

Agency Oversight

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

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Shared Services

GSA almost ready to launch first set of modernized payroll services

Automation

Grants process at HHS Administration for Children and Families ripe for innovation

Katie Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs

Management

Sullivan’s management vision comes out in OJP’s grant making overhaul

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Federal Newscast

Popular coronavirus stats website might get federal help

Victoria Collin is the chief of the management controls and assistance branch in the Office of Federal Financial Management at the Office of Management and Budget.

Reporter's Notebook

With 40% of funds spent on compliance, OMB aims to give grantees some relief

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Management

OMB gives agencies more flexibilities when awarding grants for coronavirus research