by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business
Can the Government Teach Small Businesses to Do Business? There seems to be a buzz about government creating more programs to teach businesses, especially small businesses, how to do business. How to compete. How to cut costs. How to (fill in the blank). More and more...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 23, 2009 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business
Small Business Innovation Research Grants SBIR Grants were established to encourage innovation in technology in the private sector. They are given specifically to enable small businesses to use research and development either to develop a new technology or to apply...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 23, 2009 | Business Articles, Funding, Government Funding Compliance
Businesses which seek grant funding should view that funding as “seed” funding. Seed funding enables them to begin planting a crop which can be harvested later. Businesses also need to be aware that all seed funding needs fertile ground. Fertile ground equates to...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 22, 2009 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance
Audit of Federal Fund Recipients Who Audits Grants and Why? There is no single, simple answer to either the “who” or the “why” of this question. Most frequently, the audit of federal fund recipients occurs under an organization-wide or single audit under the Office...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 22, 2009 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Growth, Funding, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Start-up
It is unfortunate that the stories on small businesses who fail to comply with government requirements for receiving and using grant funds don’t make the papers. Even though small businesses fail audits everyday, they just don’t make the headlines. The scale of...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 17, 2009 | Business Articles, Funding, Government Funding Compliance
Congratulations! You won! Once you have received notification of an award, how do you proceed? This is a critical question for most organizations. It is especially important for first time award recipients. Grant awards place very specific requirements on the...