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The experienced attorneys at FTLF have prepared online trainings with easily-digestible legal information, helpful step-by-step instructions, and essential information that organizations receiving federal grants need to know to stay in compliance. Below you can register for upcoming live webinar trainings and purchase archived webinar recordings.
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 | Do you realize all of the responsibilities you have regarding the assets you purchased with federal dollars? Find out what “Federal Interest” attaches to real property and equipment acquired, constructed or improved with Federal grant dollars. How does that impact the grantee’s title to those assets which are held “in trust” for the federal government? Do you know about the new federal reporting forms you must submit that will long outlast the grant award? What are the exceptions to these requirements? Learn the permissible uses, record-keeping and reporting requirements, and proper disposition of grantee property.
In this online training:
- Ensure you manage real property and equipment properly
- Know what records you must keep and when you must report to the Government
- Review the appropriate uses of property subject to the Federal Interest
- Learn about filing a Notice of Federal Interest
- Ask the instructor your questions regarding the Federal interest in property
Who should participate:
- Property Officers
- Finance and Accounting Personnel
- Grants and Contracts Administrators
- Sponsored Agreements Personnel
- Project Managers
- Principal Investigators
We recommend that your organization share a webinar registration and gather to participate in the webinar together. Should your organization not be able to come together, you may register for additional lines at the discounted rate of $50 per line.
| Formats Available: On-Demand Streaming, Live Webinar, Live Webinar + On-Demand Streaming, Additional Line
| Original Program Date: March 22, 2011
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | FULL DETAILS |
| Join Ted Waters, Managing Partner of the law firm Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, as he analyzes highlights from the Office of Management and Budget's recent proposal to revamp all of the key Grants Circulars into one massive "Uniform Grants Guidance," also known as the "Super-Circular." Through the Super-Circular, the various Cost Principles, Common Rule Grants Administration Requirements, and Audit requirements will be substantially reformed. These changes will fundamentally alter the rules that apply to how your organization handles grant dollars. Join one of the nation’s leading Federal Grants attorneys on this webinar so that your organization can understand the changes and weigh in on the proposed guidance. At the end of this webinar, you will be able to: - Identify key proposed changes to the individual Cost Principles, Administrative Requirements, and Audit Requirements;
- Determine how the prospective changes may affect your organization; and
- Be ready to develop and submit comments to OMB.
Who Should Attend: Executive Directors, Fiscal Staff, Other Senior Management, though all are welcome.
| Formats Available: On-Demand Streaming, Live Webinar, Live Webinar + On-Demand Streaming, Additional Line
| Original Program Date: May 09, 2013
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | | FULL DETAILS |
| Are your Federal grant activities or the activities of your subrecipients generating revenue? Do you receive any reimbursements or collect fees for services, training, or conferences? Are you identifying program income correctly? Do you understand the treatment of program income under your grant terms? What if your grant requires matching costs or non-federal cost share – can you apply the funds as cash match? What happens if you have “excess” program income? What are appropriate additional activities that you may fund? What do you do with any interest earned on the program income? Can the government recover the program income if you spent it improperly? What happens if you continue to earn program income after the grant award has ended?
In this online training:
- Identify whether you have program income
- Know OMB Circular’s A-110 and A-102 requirements regarding program income
- Determine how to account for and report program income
- Learn what Federal conditions are placed upon program income
- Be sure you are spending program income properly
Who should participate:
- Finance and Accounting Personnel
- Contracts and Grants Administrators
- Project Managers
- Sponsored Agreements Personnel
- Principal Investigators
| Formats Available: On-Demand Streaming, Live Webinar, LiveWebinar + On-Demand Streaming, Additional Line
| Original Program Date: May 17, 2011
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | | FULL DETAILS |
| Labor is often the highest cost grantee organizations charge to their Federal grants and cooperative agreements and a common audit disallowance when it is done incorrectly. Grantees need to know what are the standards under the federal cost principles for “Time and Attendance” or “Time and Effort” reporting. Make sure your time-keeping system is up to snuff.
In this online training you will:
- Review the cost principles on salary compensation
- Ensure that you know and understand the reporting standards
- Determine how to establish an effective time management system
- Learn from recent audit reports how to stay in compliance
- Ask the instructors your time-keeping questions
Who should participate:
- Human Resources Personnel
- Accounting Personnel
- Grants and Contracts Administrators
- Sponsored Agreements Personnel
- Project Managers
- Principal Investigators
| Formats Available: On-Demand Streaming, Live Webinar, Live Webinar + On-Demand Streaming, Additional Line
| Original Program Date: February 22, 2011
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | | FULL DETAILS |
| Procurement standards set forth the policies and procedures that govern the way recipients of grants and cooperative agreements must obtain goods and services. Craft policies and procedures that can reduce your risk of federal audits. Learn what policies you need, how to conduct a competitive procurement, the essentials of a cost and price analysis, and avoid conflicts of interest to ensure that your contracting costs are not disallowed.
In this online training you will learn:
- What to include in your procurement policy;
- How to conduct competitive procurements;
- Terms that should be included in all of your vendor contracts;
- What records you must keep; and
- What you must report to the Federal government.
Who should participate:
- Grants and Contracts Administrators
- Finance and Accounting Personnel
- Sponsored Agreements Personnel
- Project Managers
- Principal Investigators
| Formats Available: On-Demand Streaming, Live Webinar, Live Webinar + On-Demand Streaming, Additional Line
| Original Program Date: February 08, 2011
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | | FULL DETAILS |
| Grantee's responsibilities regarding its subrecipients have received increased attention, especially with new reporting requirements from ARRA and FFATA. It is the primary recipient that has privity of contract with the Government, and if the subrecipient’s costs are disallowed, it is the recipient who pays. Learn what terms you need in your subrecipient agreements and how you can assure subrecipient compliance with the grant terms.
In this online training:
- Know the differences between subrecipients/subawardees and contractors/vendors
- Learn how to draft a subrecipient agreement
- Understand your reporting obligations regarding subrecipients
- Hear about subrecipient monitoring techniques
- Ask the instructors your specific subrecipient questions
Who should participate:
- Senior Managers
- Contracts and Grants Administrators
- Project Managers
- Sponsored Agreements Personnel
- Principal Investigators
| Formats Available: On-Demand Streaming, Live Webinar, Live Webinar + On-Demand Streaming, Additional Line
| Original Program Date: April 12, 2011
On-Demand Release Date: Available Now | | FULL DETAILS |
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