GRANT WORKFORCE Agency Training Practices Should Inform Future Government-wide Efforts

There are no specific government-wide training standards or training requirements for the federal grant workforce; however, the administration has taken some steps toward developing such standards. Between 2004 and 2011, a work group within the administration's Grants Policy Committee (GPC) studied the issue of training and certifying the grant workforce, which led to a number of recommendations. However, the work group's recommendations were never formally adopted by the GPC. In 2011, OMB formed the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR), an interagency group of executive branch officials, to replace the GPC and another federal board-the Grants Executive Board-with the stated aim of creating a more streamlined and accountable structure to coordinate financial assistance, including grants. In November 2012, just over a year after it was created, COFAR identified the need to develop a qualified and professional workforce as one of five priorities to guide its work on grants management reform in the coming years.

Author: Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Dec 31, 2014

Number of Pages: 64 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1503215369

ISBN-13: 9781503215368