September 21, 2016
With the beginning of the school year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (OHS) released the final rule for the new [...]
August 1, 2016
The Department of Justice recently demonstrated their hardline take on federal grant cost policy through a settlement with Columbia University. On July 14, 2016, the Department of Justice announced that Columbia University will [...]
July 7, 2016
The Council of Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) has published its third edition of its webcast series. It is in the form of several brief panel discussions on a number of topics, and can [...]
June 20, 2016
On May 18, 2016 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its highly anticipated Final Rule, which revises final regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) implementing the exemption from the [...]
February 19, 2016
In January, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Issued an Important Decision on Jurisdiction Over Challenges to Financial Assistance Awards. Over the past several years, there have been a number of financial [...]
January 11, 2016
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is pleased to announce that it has named Nicole M. Bacon as partner. “We are fortunate and excited to have Nicole promoted to partner at the firm. Her [...]
December 22, 2015
On January 1, 2016, grantees and cooperative agreement holders become subject to new Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (“FAPIIS”) requirements. 80 Fed. Reg. 43301 (Jul. 22, 2015), 80 Fed. Reg. 45395 [...]
December 21, 2015
If your organization is a federal grant recipient and uses social media to further its message, you should take note of a Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) decision issued last week: Environmental Protection Agency—Application [...]
December 16, 2015
As the year winds to a close for many grantees, the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services have produced yet another example of the importance of properly allocating costs [...]
October 30, 2015
With the passage of the 2007 amendments to the Head Start Act (the “Act”), Congress announced that existing and future Head Start grants would transition from “indefinite” project periods – i.e. project periods [...]