Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

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Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of November, a survey was released that investigated how local government finance leaders feel about their current budgeting practices and their readiness to embrace modernized approaches. One cautionary note, according to the report which was titled Rethinking Budgeting: Results from the Local Government Budget Survey.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

JUNE 29, 2023

One word: budget. In the land of grantmaking, it’s essential to have a budget in place because grantmakers want to know that your financial situation is reasonable and how you plan on spending the money if awarded. The budget should show potential funders EXACTLY where their funds will be directed. They need to be aligned.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Tools that enable more agile and transparent financial management can help government leaders tie resources directly to mission outcomes, boosting the impact of taxpayer funds.

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GovPilot

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Similarly to the universal financial stresses of the holiday season, budgets tighten in the last months of the fiscal year. This being so, careful, calculated budgeting must be commenced throughout every phase of financial planning for the year ahead.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) employs project management principles to deliver public sector cloud outcomes. This blog post highlights project management tools, references, and AWS Management Console tips that give public sector customers better project visibility, automate task management, and help accelerate project outcomes.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

When it comes to creating a city or county budget , there are many ways to move forward: whether it’s taking the previous year’s budget and adapting it as necessary, or throwing it all away and starting with a blank slate. There’s no “right” choice when it comes to budget type—only what’s best for your jurisdiction.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

Finding the Perfect Software for Your Nonprofit Ah, grant management! In the vibrant nonprofit world, where grant processes seem to twist and turn like a labyrinth, having the right grant management software isn’t just helpful—it’s a game changer. Why Bother with Grant Management Software?

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Grant Training Center

JULY 31, 2023

The NIH closely scrutinizes the Data Management Plan (DMP) as a fundamental part of the grant application, for it demonstrates how data will be handled and generated during the research project. Roles and responsibilities: Clearly define the roles and responsibilities of team members regarding data management.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Longer-term strategies in managing European football clubs’ first teams can create an annual competitive advantage of between €100 million and €200 million.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The Pew Charitable Trusts, for example, has noted that “Using evidence-based policymaking has enabled Minnesota…to provide better outcomes for residents, [and] improve the way research and evidence inform the budget and policymaking processes….”. He is a senior manager at MMB and leads the Impact Evaluation Unit.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As procurement professionals, you are constantly balancing tight budgets, increasing demands, and the need to streamline operations. What is Lawson Vendor Managed Inventory? How VMI Transforms Procurement Vendor Managed Inventory is about much more than having parts on hand.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Wildfires are dramatically impacting state budgets as they deal with wildfire response, the damages from those fires and ways they might mitigate future wildfires. In this podcast we explore how Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets which is a report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. These are the topics we’ll cover in this podcast.

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GovPilot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As a City Manager - a leader in local government, you need to not only help define government-wide objectives and budgets, but also need to leverage data for making informed decisions about benchmarks against progress and how to set new priorities.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 27, 2023

Budget management is often a top priority when discussing technological modernization, and digital ways of working are often seen as more expensive. However, adopting digital services does not have to conflict with a lean budget. Sharing services and investing in people and processes will save costs and pay dividends later.

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FedHeads

APRIL 11, 2022

The FedHeads invite Grant Thornton Public Sector Managing Director Doug Criscitello to totally geek out about the President's FY23 Budget proposal, and spoiler alert -- a possible new slogan.

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Barrett & Greene

APRIL 5, 2023

This male-dominated 1953 photo of a National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) annual meeting would not have been a surprise to public sector leaders of the time. That was followed by two budget directors we knew well -- Kansas’s Gloria Timmer in 1996-1997 and Utah’s Lynne Koga the following year.

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Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the state and local levels, budgets prove thinner. According to SolarWinds recent annual Public Sector Cybersecurity Survey , 50% of security IT professionals across state agencies and 25% of local governments selected “low budgets” as the leading challenge plaguing their team’s success. Automate wherever possible.

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 17, 2024

Strategic foresight has been used across large corporations and different governments to support strategic planning, manage emerging risks and remain competitive. 26, 2024, that explored the potential benefits and use cases of strategic foresight as a risk management tool within federal enterprise risk management (ERM) programs.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Over the past two years, the National League of Cities (NLC) has been actively working with both Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to improve the ability for local governments to manage the life cycle of federal grants, making more federal grants attainable for cities and towns regardless of size.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 30, 2024

1 cost center, and its fluctuating nature can make managing it tricky. According to a recent benchmarking report , fuel costs made up 50 percent of fleets’ budgets on average. Tom Rowlings, assistant fleet manager at the city of Cambridge, Mass., I started looking for fleet management software,” he explains.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2021, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to Mi-Case , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, to replace its legacy systems managing case data across the state’s corrections facilities. Mi-Case provides live, fully integrated case management software that replaced IDOC’s legacy systems.

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GovPilot

MARCH 28, 2023

Managing local government assets is an essential part of efficient government operations and maintaining community safety. Proper asset management can help local governments avoid poorly planned budgets, higher deferred maintenance costs, and slow emergency response times.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Technologies once relied on to manage this process and reduce knowledge loss are no longer able to do so in an efficient, transparent way—skyrocketing costs, zapping institutional knowledge and worse. There are an estimated 20.3 Thankfully, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector is here to help.

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A Library Writer's Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Call for Proposals: LL&M Special Issue on Middle Management Library Leadership and Management , an ALA Core publication and a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal, is soliciting submissions for both peer-reviewed and editor-reviewed featured articles for our special issue on middle management.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 17, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of urban management, the advent of data-driven decision-making stands as a revolutionary tool for municipalities. Smaller cities often operate with limited budgets and manpower, which can hinder the adoption of advanced data collection and analysis technologies.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

That’s why thinking about the key types of tools to help you with your grant management work is so important. Managing multiple grant applications at once can be challenging for even seasoned nonprofit professionals. Grant Management Software. Internal Communication Tools . Accounting Tools. Native and third-party applications.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

AUGUST 31, 2023

The grant lifecycle is an all-encompassing process that needs to be properly managed in order for all parties involved to be successful. Because nonprofits rely on grant funding, systems must be in place to properly manage and maintain that funding as part of the grant lifecycle. So, how do we manage grants?

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2024

A few months later, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum directing agencies in the areas of AI governance, innovation and risk management. Such discussions, in fact, are now mandatory: Last October, the White House issued an executive order on the federal government’s role in the development and use of AI.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Investments in technology can become outdated, forcing state and local agencies to spend more in the next budget cycle. Even that comes with risk if you manage them yourself. Obsolescence is the obvious risk here. Avoiding this trap is not as simple as investing in cloud services.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 10, 2023

The project will be awarded under the authority of 10 USC 670c-1, Sikes Act, prioritizing Federal and State agencies responsible for fish or wildlife conservation or management. A full study proposal and proposed budget are not requested at this time. The submission deadline is 5:00 P.M., Central Time, on July 9, 2023.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 22, 2023

Read our blog posts, “ Seating third parties at the risk table “ and “ How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation ,” for recaps of the previous two working sessions in this series. Integrate the Statement of Assurance process with risk management. Align with the agency’s larger strategy.

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Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

Working capital management is a managerial strategy that monitors and uses current assets (e.g., This integral part of sound financial management uses a variety of strategic tools to manage cash flows. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Partnership for Public Service and Guidehouse held an event on October 26 to release a new report, Building a Data Foundation: The Role of Data and Evidence in Advancing the President’s Management Agenda. IT and cybersecurity technology that allows for data management and service delivery. Focusing on implementation.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Financial institutions can unlock the productivity of their software engineering teams to significantly boost tech innovation without increasing IT budgets.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 14, 2023

Developing a sound Mobile Device Management system is essential to minimise security risk and enhance digital mobility The integration of mobile devices into our working lives has been revolutionary. Developing a sound Mobile Device Management system is essential to minimise this risk and enhance digital mobility.

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