highlights of the 2009 annual training conference katie hermosilla president, board of directors
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Highlights of the 2009Annual Training Conference
Katie HermosillaPresident, Board of Directors
Who attended?
• Federal Employee: 43%
• State/Local Employee: 24%
• Tribal: 1%
• Academic: 4%
• Private: 15%
• Non-Profit: 13%
• Job Description FISCAL: 38%
• Job Description PROGRAM: 13%
• Job Description POLICY: 10%
• Job Description OVERSIGHT: 38%
• Ability to obtain latest information available to keep me current in my field: 84%• Hear from leading experts in Grants Management field: 78%• Network with other Grants Management Professionals: 77%• Discover practical solutions that I can apply to my work: 67%
Why did they attend?
Most Popular Topics and Sessions
• Topics– Roundtables (various topics)– ARRA– Networking with Other Professionals
• Sessions– Key Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 – Ensuring Accountability and Oversight– The Nuts & Bolts of Establishing an Indirect Cost Rate– Assessing a Grantee’s Internal Control Standards (A-123)– Supporting Grant Success Using Effective Communications
From the Keynotes…
• 14 Principles of Ethical Conduct– Karen Elias, Acting General Counsel & Ethics Officer, National
Endowment for the Arts
– Now more than ever is the time to assure compliance with the 14 principles given the amount of funding related to ARRA
– Report ARRA abuses to [email protected]
• Grants Management Over 30 Years: Observations from the Field Grants Management Over 30 Years: Observations from the Field – Tom Cooley, Chief Financial Officer and Director, National Science
Foundation
– Howard Corcoran, Director, Office of Grants and Debarment, Environmental Protection Agency
– Emerging issues include continued reduction in “bureaucratic accretion”, training and certification of grants management personnel; reauthorization of PL 106-107,