Special Features and Updates
ETA Announces $13.2M in Health Care Career Training Grants
Washington, April 9 — The Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration recently announced the availability of $13.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to bolster job training services that prepare trainees for careers in the health care field.
Obama Raises the Bar on Recovery Act Compliance
Washington, April 9 — President Obama has demanded that federal agencies “intensify” their efforts to ensure American Recovery and Reinvestment Act award recipients comply with reporting requirements.
Beyond ARRA Reporting: Grantees To Begin Submitting FFATA Subaward Data in October
Washington, April 8 — The federal government has finally set a date — Oct. 1, 2010 — for grant recipients to submit subgrant and subcontract data under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Pub. L. 109-282). The requirement, however, applies only to subgrants and subcontracts awarded after that date.
OMB Revises Section 1512 Reporting Messages as April Filing Period Opens
Washington, April 1 – The Office of Management and Budget has revised the warning messages grantees will receive as they file their American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Section 1512 quarterly reports.
Recovery Act Transportation and Infrastructure Funds Nearly Exhausted; Oberstar Calls for More Stimulus
Washington, March 31 – The latest report issued by the House committee charged with oversight of federal transportation and infrastructure spending shows that grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have nearly run their course, with work in progress or already complete for most of the projects financed by the law.
