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Federal Funding Recipients Should Be Aware of DOJ’s Intensified Focus on FCA Enforcement The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently reported that settlements and judgments under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) [...]

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has begun notifying recipients of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) grants that they have been selected for program desk reviews.   The American [...]

We learned this morning that many of our clients received a “Notification Letter” from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) terminating grant funding. The notice states that the specific [...]

The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program from taking effect on [...]

Six-Month Delay in Guide to Audits The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released the 2025 Compliance Supplement for Single Audit Act audits. Its issuance as Appendix XI to 2 C.F.R. [...]

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that its updated interpretation of immigration verification requirements for housing and disaster relief grant programs under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity [...]

A conflict of interest (COI) policy is a foundational compliance requirement for many nonprofit corporations.  Most state nonprofit corporation statutes prohibit interested directors from engaging in business with the corporation when a [...]

We are hearing from an increasing number of our federal grantee clients who are facing challenges with their Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreements (NICRAs) as a result of significant staffing shortages at [...]

Increased Competition Thresholds Effective October 1, 2025 This has been a whirlwind of a year in changes in grants, and now, with the beginning of the new federal fiscal year, it is [...]

Federal funding is set to lapse with the expiration of the Fiscal Year 2025 Continuing Resolution at the end of September. This means that, absent new funding legislation, a government shutdown could [...]