EVENT

October 1 is the general effective date for the Office of Management and Budget’s comprehensive 2024 Uniform Grants Guidance update.  Are you ready? Make sure you understand the changes to the Uniform Guidance by attending this two-hour webinar on September 25, 2024, at 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

The revised Uniform Guidance is almost here.  October 1, 2024, marks the general effective date for the Office of Management and Budget’s new comprehensive update to the Uniform Grants Guidance.  The Uniform Grants Guidance (or UGG) contains the basic rules for managing Federal grants and subawards, and the OMB’s latest update is only the second major revision to these important rules in the UGG’s history.  During this special two-hour webinar, you will learn how to navigate the OMB’s changes to the Uniform Guidance.   You will learn about revisions to current rules (including additions and deletions to the existing requirements), new provisions in the updated Uniform Grants Guidance, and what the OMB’s Uniform Guidance update means for grant-funded organizations like your own.  Make sure you understand the revised Uniform Guidance to remain in compliance with grants management standards.  Register today and then join your fellow grants management professionals at 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time on September 25, 2024, for this detailed training about the OMB’s 2024 Uniform Grants Guidance update.

TOPICS

The “Navigating the OMB’s Updated Uniform Guidance” webinar will explain the Office of Management and Budget’s recent changes to these important Federal grants management rules.  During this two-hour webinar, you will learn about the following:

• Major revisions to the Uniform Grants Guidance
• Increases in key Uniform Grants Guidance thresholds
• OMB’s overarching goals in updating the Uniform Grants Guidance
• Updates and additions to important definitions
• Changes to improve Notices of Funding Opportunity
• Revisions to pre-award standards and risk analysis
• Major updates to the UGG procurement standards
• Changes to indirect cost rates (including the de minimis indirect cost rate)
• Elimination of prior approval requirements
• Revisions to the Uniform Guidance’s cost principles
• Updates to audit standards (including the Single Audit threshold)
• Key areas of simplification and the OMB’s move to “plain language”
• Unresolved issues and what they mean for grantees and subrecipients

You will learn about these important topics and more as part of this explanation of the OMB’s recent updates to the Uniform Grants Guidance.  In addition, you will also have the opportunity to ask your individual questions about the revised UGG during the live webinar.

SCHEDULE

Join your grants management colleagues for “Navigating the OMB’s Updated Uniform Guidance” on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.  This live event will start at 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (1:00 pm Central Daylight Time, 12:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time, and 11:00 am Pacific Daylight Time).  The webinar is scheduled to last two hours.  All paid registrants for the live webinar will also receive access to an on-demand recording for 30 days.

OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES

By taking part in “Navigating the OMB’s Updated Uniform Guidance,” you will learn about the comprehensive revisions that the Office of Management and Budget has released for the rules underpinning Federal financial assistance.  After attending the webinar, you will be able to identify at least ten significant changes to the Uniform Guidance.  You will also be able to list the OMB’s major goals in revisions the UGG.

AUDIENCE

This two-hour webinar will explain the OMB’s 2024 update to the Uniform Grants Guidance for both new and experienced grants management professionals.  There are no prerequisites for attending and no advance preparation is required.  The experience level for this webinar is overview.

SPEAKER

R. Brian Tipton is a practicing attorney with more than two decades of experience working with nonprofits, governmental units, and other grant-funded organizations across the United States.  Currently, Brian is Managing Director with Tipton KPCL Law, in the metro Atlanta area, where he heads the firm’s tax-exempt and grant-funded solutions practice.  He is a summa cum laude graduate of both the Louisiana State University and the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University.  He regularly represents grant-funded entities of all types in the areas of regulatory compliance, audits, funding source disputes, administrative appeals, and litigation.  Brian also consults with organizations on governance, human resources, programmatic, and corporate matters, and develops and presents training programs for nonprofits and grant-funded organizations.

BONUS:  All paid registrants will receive free access for 30 days to an on-demand recording of the live event.