Federal Government Policy and Business

How Government Can Drive Better Grantee Outcomes

i360Gov: Given the current political and fiscal climate, Government agencies are under increased pressure to be more effective with the billions of dollars they award each year to grantees. While there are already a variety of reporting standards for compliance with regulations, these standards are not designed to directly help agencies improve their grantees’ outcomes, but focus on more indirect mechanisms, such as financial compliance, policy adherence and procedural consistency. In fact, we believe that far too little grant management energy is directed toward mission outcomes. And, probably too much attention is paid to compliance tasks that create only modest value for taxpayers and grant program beneficiaries.

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