Special Features and Updates
New ARRA Guidance Clarifies Noncompliance, Project Narratives
Washington, Sept. 30 — New Office of Management and Budget guidance for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act award recipients clarifies numerous lingering concerns, such as how to define a “noncompliant” recipient and how to include more details in project narrative descriptions.
Improper Payment Audit Guidelines in the Works
Washington, Sept. 20 – The war on suspected improper payments in grant programs will ramp up significantly early next year as the Office of Management and Budget plans to issue guidelines instructing federal agencies how to engage in recovery activities.
ED ARRA Grantees Urged To Provide More Details
Washington, Sept. 8 – State and local educational agencies receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant funds should provide more information in the project narrative to be more transparent in their use of these funds, according to the Government Accountability.
Grantees Still Working to Spend Last Year’s EECBG Funds
Washington, Sept. 1 – A recent report from the Department of Energy illustrates just how hard it can be to get an ambitious new grant program off the ground, particularly when state and local governments are hamstrung by tight budgets and personnel shortages. Even economic stimulus grants designed to save jobs and get the economy moving can create new headaches for the cities, counties and states they are intended to aid.
Auditors Can Aid in Recovery Act Audit Planning
Washington, Aug. 23 – The extra reporting and oversight requirements necessitated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Pub. L. 111-5, may overwhelm some auditees new to the single audit process, so auditors are advised to provide extra assistance in helping their clients plan for these audits.
