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Thursday, November 20, 2008

FederalNews Radio - Federal CFO Insights - Thomas Cooley (NSF)

Grants Management: Challenges and Solutions for Managing Grants Across the Federal Government

Thomas Cooley - Chief Financial Officer and Director, Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management (BFA)
National Science Foundation

How are grants being managed at the National Science Foundation and across the federal government?

The "landscape" of federal grants:
  • How much money are we talking about?
  • What types of grants are out there to meet that purpose?

Streamlining

  • What does P.L. 106-107 (the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act) mean for the federal government and their customers in the grants community?
Unfunded mandates
  • What does that mean?
  • What impact can such activities have on the grants community?

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