by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Small Business
The President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency recently completed the National Single Audit Sample Project to determine the quality of the single audits being conducted. The sample consisted of 208 audits...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Entrepreneur, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Start-up
The grant proposal budget is an often-overlooked opportunity to improve the proposal’s chances of winning. The budget is a communication tool to the reviewers, just like any other element of the proposal. What the budget does or doesn’t do is let the reviewers know...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Government Funding Compliance, Small Business, Start-up
For small businesses, and perhaps businesses of any size, compliance with the rules and regulations of being in business is becoming more and more complex. It’s getting to the point, it seems, that it is almost impossible to be 100% in compliance, mainly because you...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Economy and Economics, Government Funding Compliance, Non-Profit, Small Business, Small Business, Start-up
The government is utilizing existing agency structures and federal funding assistance programs to award stimulus funding for research and innovation projects. From the Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services and others, projects are in the...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Commercialization, Entrepreneur, Government Funding Compliance, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up
If you’ve ever spent the day working on compliance with government grant and contract awards from the recipient side, you will understand the following statement: The biggest cost reductions opportunities are in reducing the complexity and variation of requirements on...