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		<title>OMB Seeks Public Input on Ideas for Federal Grants Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to address Administration priorities aimed at reducing administrative burden, improper payments, fraud, and abuse, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has worked with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) over the past year to convene meetings with federal and non-federal stakeholders to identify potential reforms to make the oversight [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=505&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RPPR Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its ongoing support of the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) initiative, the Grants Management Line of Business (GMLOB) has been engaging research agency stakeholders in a collective effort to develop a standard government-wide RPPR Data Dictionary. The RPPR Data Dictionary Vetting Sessions were conducted in April and May of 2011. Throughout the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=474&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grants.gov Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on behalf of Judy Ceresa, Grants.gov PMO The Grants.gov Program Management Office (PMO) is pleased to announce the selection of our new information technology (IT) systems contractor. After much consideration, DMI, a leading IT solutions and business strategy consulting firm, has been selected as the new contractor.  On October 11, 2011, a system enhancement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=478&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grants Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To view upcoming events in the grants community, click “Read the Rest of This Entry” below. American Association of State and Colleges and Universities 2012 Academic Affairs Winter Meeting will be held in San Antonio, TX, February 9-11, 2012. For more information, visit AASCU. Advancing Government Accountability National Leadership Conference will be held in Washington, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=481&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Use CCR or EPLS Data?  Changes Are Coming!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on behalf of Meredith Whitehead, General Services Administration If you thought the General Services Administration (GSA)’s System for Award Management (SAM) would impact others but not you, you may want to look a little more closely. SAM will combine the currently siloed capabilities and hosting environments of nine systems in GSA’s Integrated Acquisition Environment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=484&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STAR METRICS: Analysis and Next Steps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on behalf of Mya Strauss (Environmental Protection Agency), Umesh Thakkar (Government Accountability Office), and Julia Lane (National Science Foundation) The agencies participating in the STAR METRICS program (National Institute of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Agriculture (USDA)) have continued to move forward in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=489&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suspension and Debarment of Federal Contractors and Grantees</title>
		<link>http://gmlob.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/suspension-and-debarment-of-federal-contractors-and-grantees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow on to the April 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report “Improper Payments: Recent Efforts to Address Improper Payments and Remaining Challenges,” the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memorandum M-12-02: Suspension and Debarment of Federal Contractors and Grantees as a means to address outstanding issues with agency suspension and debarment programs. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=470&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OMB Approves Real Property Status Report for Government-Wide Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Real Property Status Report (RPSR) has been approved by OMB as Standard Form 429 (SF-429) and is now available for government-wide use. The SF-429 was developed by the former Grants Policy Committee’s Post-Award Work Group as a standard method for agencies to collect information from recipients of federal financial assistance related to real property that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=466&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Council on Financial Assistance Reform</title>
		<link>http://gmlob.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/council-on-financial-assistance-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 27, 2011, the first OMB Memorandum for fiscal year 2012 was released: Creation of the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (M-12-01). The memo establishes the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) as an interagency group of Executive Branch officials charged with creating a more streamlined and accountable structure to coordinate financial assistance. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=462&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 2011, the Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011 was introduced to the House of Representatives, proposing the publishing of an annual federal grant solicitation forecast. If enacted, the federal agencies would be required to submit a forecast of expected grant solicitations by subject area for the next fiscal year to the Office [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gmlob.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15056991&amp;post=436&amp;subd=gmlob&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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