Education and Trainings
We have recently partnered with grants compliance experts, Thompson Information Services. Since 1972, thousands of professionals in business, government, law and academia have relied on Thompson Information Services for the most authoritative, timely and practical guidance available. Throughout the years, these professionals have come to rely on Thompson for help complying with the ever-changing regulatory mandates facing their organizations in a variety of areas.
With the OMB's Uniform Grant Guidance having gone into effect in December 2014, it is crucial that anyone working on federal grants at CDU is properly trained to comply with these complex and often confusing new rules. The Office of Sponsored ProgrA.M.s has teA.M.ed up with Thompson Information Services in delivering trainings to Principal Investigators, ProgrA.M. Managers, Grant Administrators, Grant Account, Internal Auditors and others here at CDU.
To confirm your attendance for the upcoming trainings, please R.S.V.P to: Diane Ross-Nelson, (323) 563-5843 or via email at dianenelson@cdrewu.edu .
For information on prior trainings or to listen to the audio recordings, please contact Perrilla Johnson-Woodard at (323) 563-5973 or via email at perrillajohnson@cdrewu.edu.
*Upcoming Trainings
Subrecipient Monitoring Controls – Breaking Down & Analyzing Your Processes for Compliance
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Cobb Building RM 281
Internal Controls: Your First Line of Defense
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: TBD
Preparing for a 2018 Audit Under the Uniform Grant Guidance – New Strategies and Techniques
Date Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: TBD
Cost/Price-Analysis Techniques: Best Practices for Meeting UGG Procurement Standards
Date: May 2, 2018
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Location: TBD
Prior Grants Management Trainings
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
| March 15, 2018 | Post-Award FundA.M.entals - How to Use Communication and Marketing Strategies to Win More Grants |
| November 30, 2017 | Post-Award FundA.M.entals - Award Closeout |
| November 29, 2017 | Funding Reduction Readiness: Strategies for Sustaining Grant Funding A.M.id Possible Spending Cuts |
| November 16, 2017 | No More Excuses: Making Substantial Progress Towards Achieving Grant Objectives |
| November 1, 2017 | 2017- Compliance Supplement: What You Need to Know - Grants Development &A.M.p; Management |
| Thursday, October 26, 2017 | Pre-Award FundA.M.entals: Budget Development |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | Grants Allowability and Selected Items of Cost Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
| Wednesday, October, 11, 2017 | Preparing for an Audit under the Uniform Grant Guidance and 2017 Compliance Supplement: New Strategies and Techniques |
| September 21, 2017 | Site Visits: How to Prepare, Impress and Come Out Finding-Free |
| September 12, 2017 | What to Watch For: Key Risk Areas and Pitfalls for Federal Grantees |
| July 15, 2917 | Grant Funding for State and Local Governments: Overseeing Subrecipients and Contracts |
| July 26, 2917 | The Relationship Between Proposal Writing and Compliance and Performance |
| July 19, 2917 | Risk Evaluation Requirements Under the Uniform Grant Guidance - 1.5 CPE |
| July 11, 2917 | IUnderstanding the Impact on Federal Grants and the Transformation of Federal Spending Grants Development &A.M.p; Management - 1.5 CPE |
| June 22, 2017 | Improper Payments Under the Uniform Grants Guidance Grants Management Webinar |
| June 21, 2017 | Updating Your Closeout Procedures Under The Uniform Grant Guidance Grants Management Webinar |
| June 13, 2017 | New GAO Revisions to the Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS): Understanding the Yellow Book Exposure Draft - Grants Management | Webinar |
| May 24, 2017 | Financial Management Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
| May 16, 2017 | Resolving Audit Findings In The Uniform Guidance Era: A Briefing for Grant Recipients and Subrecipients - Grants Management - 1.5 CPE, 1.5 GPCI CEU |
| May 9, 2017 | Indirect Costs &A.M.p; Cost Allocation Plans: Options &A.M.p; Requirements Under the Uniform Guidance Grants Management - 1.5 CPE, 1.5 GPCI CEU |
| Thursday, May 4, 2017 | Pre-Award FundA.M.entals: Proposal Submission &A.M.p; Readiness |
| April 19, 2017 | Grant Applications That Win Funding: How to Write for Your Grant Reviewer Grants Wednesday, April 19, 2017 |
| March 30 2017 | Purchasing Using Federal Grants: Understanding the Uniform Guidance Requirements |
| March 30 2017 | Post Award FundA.M.ental - Cost Allowability in 2017: Understanding OMB's Federal Award Cost Principles |
| March 30 2017 | Federal Grants Forum: Irvine, CA - Grants Development &A.M.p; Management |
| March 21, 2017 | Preparing for an Audit Under the Uniform Grant Guidance: New Strategies and Techniques |
| March 14, 2017 | Risk and Integrity Assessments Under FAPIIS - What You Need To Know - Grants Management Webinar |
| March 9, 2017 | Procurement Under the Uniform Guidance Beware - The Two Year - Grants Management Webinar Fiscal Grace Period Ends In 2017 |
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February 22, 2017 |
Grant Writing in 2017 - Strategies for making your Application Standout - Presentation - 2-22-17 (002) |
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February 22, 2017 |
Subrecipient Monitoring Controls - Breaking Down and Analyzing Your Processes for Compliance - 022817 |
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February 22, 2017 |
Enough Talk Already! Let's Roll Up Our Sleeves and Write A Grant Proposal - Grant Writing in 2017 - Strategies for making your Application Standout Grants Management | Webinar | |
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February 14, 2017 |
nternal Controls: What They Are and How to Ensure Compliance Grants Management |
FY2016 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAININGS
FY2016 PRE-AWARD TRAININGS
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
| November 22, 2016 |
Assessing Audit Weaknesses: The Most Common Single Audit Findings and Strategies to Avoid Them - Grants Management - Webinar 1.5 CPE |
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September 21, 2016 |
Key Strategies for Writing a Successful State/Federal Grant Application |
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August 25, 2016 |
Metrics of Evaluation Best Strategies to Measure the Success of Your Grant |
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June 29, 2016 |
What's New at the NIH? Requirements to Address Rigor and Reproducibility in Research Grant Applications |
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June 14, 2016 |
Building and Strengthening Budgets for Federal Grant Applications |
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June 8, 2016 |
Metrics of Evaluation Best Strategies to Measure the Success of Your Grant Grants Management |
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May 4, 2016 |
The Value of Doing Good: Social Return on Investment - Grants Development &A.M.p; Management |
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April 14, 2016 |
Dive Deep to Find Your Best Fit Funders: |
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March 23, 2016 |
Preparing for the Deep Dive |
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February 16, 2016 |
How to Develop Your Nonprofit's Comprehensive Sustainability Plan |
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February 1, 2016 |
Find &A.M.p; Win Federal Grants in 2016 |
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January 21, 2016 |
Data Mining: How to Find the Evidence you Need to Make Your Statement of Need Shine |
FY2016 POST-AWARD TRAININGS
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
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November 30, 016 |
Your Grant Through the Eyes of a Federal Reviewer - What They Really See. |
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November 3, 2016 |
Improper Payments Under the Uniform Grants Guidance |
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October 25, 2016 |
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October 19, 2016 |
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October 11, 2016 |
Resolving Audit Findings In The Uniform Guidance Era: A Briefing for Grant Recipients and Subrecipients |
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October 5, 2016 |
Understanding the New SFSAC Audit Form Under Uniform Guidance |
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September 14, 2016 |
Grants Allowability and Selected Items of Cost Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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September 8, 2016 |
Indirect Costs &A.M.p; Cost Allocation Plans Under the Uniform Guidance |
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August , 2016 |
Subrecipient Monitoring Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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August 17, 2016 |
Resolving Audit Findings In The Uniform Guidance Era: A Briefing for Grant Recipients and Subrecipients |
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July 20, 2016 |
Updating Your Closeout Procedures Under The Uniform Grant Guidance |
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July 13, 2016 |
Financial Management Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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June 21, 2016 |
What to Watch For Key Risk Areas and Pitfalls for Federal Grantees |
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May 10, 2016 |
Reporting &A.M.p; Certification Requirements Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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May 10, 2016 |
The Importance of Internal Controls in Light of the Uniform Guidance |
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April 21, 2016 |
Navigating the Increasingly Treacherous Waters of Suspension and Debarment |
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April 20, 2016 |
The DATA Act Transforming Federal Spending |
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March 30, 2016 |
Procurement and Property Management Under the Uniform Guidance |
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March 9, 2016 |
Preparing for an Audit Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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February 9, 2016 |
Where to Begin Updating Your Policies and Procedures for the Uniform Guidance |
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February 4, 2016 |
What's Risk Got To Do With It? Risk and Integrity Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
FY2015 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAININGS
FY2015 PRE-AWARD TRAININGS
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
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December 3, 2015 |
Leading for Success: How Vision, Communication, and Culture Help You Win More Grants |
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September 29, 2015 |
Grants That Win Funding: How to Write for Your Specific Audience |
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July 29, 2015 |
Formative Evaluation How to Ensure ProgrA.M. Implementation Provides Meaningful Results Grants Development &A.M.p; Management |
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June 30, 2015 |
Make Them Believers: How to Initiate and Strengthen Relationships with Government Agencies and Private Foundations |
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June 25, 2015 |
Uniform Grant Guidance: Using Logic Models to Enhance ProgrA.M. Performance |
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April 22, 2015 |
The Value of Doing Good Calculating and Communication SROI |
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March 18, 2015 |
Strategies for Clearly Measuring &A.M.p; Communicating Impact |
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February 24, 2015 |
Next Gen Grant Writing: Be Competitive AND Compliant |
FY2015 POST-AWARD TRAININGS
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
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December 9, 2015 |
Grant Audit Vulnerabilities: 10 Common Single Audit Findings and How to Avoid Them |
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December 17, 2015 |
Pass Through Entities Under the Uniform Grant Guidance: New Responsibilities in Every Direction |
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November 18, 2015 |
Indirect Costs &A.M.p; the Uniform Grant Guidance - What's Changed |
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November 5, 2015 |
Financial Management Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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November 3, 2015 |
Uniform Guidance Changes to Grants Allowability and Selected Items of Cost |
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October 20, 2015 |
When the Auditor Comes Knocking: Grants Audits Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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October 14, 2015 |
Subrecipient Monitoring Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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October 8, 2015 |
OMB Revised Uniform Guidance: Understanding the New FAPISS Regulations |
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September 2, 2015 |
What To Do When Closing Out |
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September 2, 2015 |
Improper Payments Under the Uniform Grants Guidance |
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September 2, 2015 |
Key Principles of Time &A.M.p; Effort Documentation in the Uniform Guidance Era |
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September 1, 2015 |
This Just In: OMB Revises Uniform Guidance! |
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August 19, 2015 |
The Importance of Internal Controls Under the Uniform Guidance |
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August 5, 2015 |
2015 OMB Compliance Supplement - A Guide for Single Audits |
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July 21, 2015 |
The DATA Act Transforming Federal Spending |
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July 15, 2015 |
The Uniform Grants Guidance - Compliance Starts Now, Are you Ready? |
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June 11, 2015 |
Risk Evaluation Requirements Under Uniform Grant Guidance |
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June 3, 2015 |
Complying with Procurement &A.M.p; Property Management Regulations Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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May 28, 2015 |
Financial Management under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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May 20, 2015 |
Indirect Costs and the Uniform Grant Guidance What to Expect |
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May 11, 2015 |
Subpart F of the Uniform Grants Guidance Plus Enforcement and Termination Provisions |
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May 7, 2015 |
Associations &A.M.p; the Uniform Grant Guidance Achieving Compliance, Minimizing Risk |
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May 6, 2015 |
Roadmap to the Uniform Grant Guidance for School Districts |
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April 28, 2015 |
Grants Allowability and Selected Items of Cost in Light of Recent Grant Reforms |
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April 14, 2015 |
Subrecipient Monitoring Under the New Uniform Guidance |
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April 02, 2015 |
Uniform Grant Guidance - Do Your Policies and Procedures Compliance |
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March 25, 2015 |
Time and Effort Documentation |
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Mar 11, 2015 |
When the Auditors Comes Knocking Grants Audis under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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February 3, 2015 |
The Importance of Internal Controls in Light of the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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February 11, 2015 |
Structure of the Uniform Grant Guidance: Navigating Through |
FY2014 GRANTS MANAGEMENT TRAININGS
FY2014 PRE-AWARD TRAININGS
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
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December 11, 2014 |
NIH Public Access Training |
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October 2, 2014 |
Subpart C- Pre-award Requirements: Merit Review and Risk Assessments |
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September 24, 2014 |
Spin Plus Webinar |
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August 5, 2014 |
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Grant Reform: From Compliance to Performance |
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June 11, 2014 |
Effective Proposal Writing Basics |
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June 4, 2014 |
Basic Proposal Review Priorities |
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January 21, 2014 |
Writing Successful Proposals for National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Department Defense (DoD) Young investigator, and Other Grants for Early-Career Researchers |
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January 7, 2014 |
White Papers and Concept papers for Dept. of Education (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD) and Others |
FY2014 POST-AWARD TRAININGS
| Date |
Grants Management Training Title |
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December 4, 2014 |
Subpart D- Post Award- Sub-recipient Management |
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November 6, 2014 |
A Review of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards: Subpart D- Post Federal Award Requirement Standards for Financial and ProgrA.M. Management |
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October 9, 2014 |
Grants Audit Under the Uniform Grant Guidance |
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September 25, 2014 |
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Grant Reform: From Compliance to Performance |
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June 25, 2014 |
Compensation Practices: Institutional Base Salary Charging and Argumentation |
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May 15, 2014 |
Sub-recipient Monitoring Under the New Grants Reform Guidance- New Scrutiny for Pass-Through Agencies |
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May 14, 2014 |
Webcast-Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance Key Issues for Universities |
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April 17, 2014 |
Post-Award FundA.M.ental Workshop Hosted by the Office of Finance and Sponsored ProgrA.M.s |
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February 26, 2014 |
Compensation Practices 1: Additional Compensation for Faculty on Sponsored Research Projects |
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February 19, 2014 |
Additional Compensation for Faculty on Sponsored Research projects |
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February 5, 2014 |
Post-Award FundA.M.entals: The Federal Research and Development Budget |
Brief YouTube Videos from NCURA
- The Uniform Guidance - Indirect (F&A.M.p;A) Rates
- The New Guidance: Considerations and Observations on Clerical and Administrative Costs
- Good News on Cost Sharing in the Guidance
- Closeouts: Considerations With the New Circular
- What will change between the current and new Circulars about Specialized Service Centers
- Unused Leave at the End of a Grant in the Uniform Guidance
- Depreciation in the Uniform Guidance
- The Uniform Guidance &A.M.p; The Cost Accounting Standards: What Has Changed
- A.M.endments to Disclosure Statements in the Uniform Guidance
- Losses on Awards in the Uniform Guidance
- Computing Devices in the Uniform Guidance
- Under the Uniform Guidance, Who is Required to Review the Salaries to Federal Awards after the Fact?
- New Information on Operation and Maintenance Expenses in the Uniform Guidance