Mayor’s Office Provides First-Ever Federal Grants Training Series June 23, 2006 The Mayor’s Office of Partnerships and Grants Development (OPGD), in partnership with the Maryland Governor’s Grants Office, hosted Grants Made Easy: Post-Award Grants Management Training, June 13-15, 2006, at Johns Hopkins University – Montgomery County Campus. The series—made up of both practical and informative presentations—was designed to better equip local government agency grants personnel to practice stronger grants management. Federal government and other grant experts presented on the following topics: federal administrative requirements and cost principles, subaward procedures, federal audits and federal grants law. This is the first time that the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia have partnered at this level to support our government and nonprofit sectors. The following presentations from the series are available: Administrative Requirements  – Jeanne Conklin, US Environmental Protection Agency Awarding and Monitoring – Doris Lyons, Full Funding Services, Inc.  Cost Principles – Gil Tran, US Office of Management and Budget Cost Principles, Part 1 – Darryl W. Mayes, US Department of Health and Human Services Cost Principles, Part 2 – Darryl W. Mayes, US Department of Health and Human Services Federal Grants Law – Edward (Ted) T. Waters, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP  How to Ensure a Successful Federal Grants Audit – John Seeba, US Department of Commerce How to Ensure a Successful Federal Grants Audit – John Patrick, US Environmental Protection Agency For further information, please contact OPGD at (202) 727-8900. * This document is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF). A PDF reader is required for viewing. Download a PDF Reader or Learn More About PDFs.