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Coming up with actual data standards. HHS is the SSA.

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Coming up with actual data standards. HHS is the SSA.

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One version of elements has already come out. Perhaps pair with GREAT Act.

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Innovation portal & hub - developments on the maturity model

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Innovation portal & hub - developments on the maturity model

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A discussion on grants for environment or climate impact, given the Biden Administration's interest in that area.

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A conversation about identifying levels of risk for prospective grantees and the elements of risk assessment.

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Active Collaboration Initiative between Federal Agencies to Standardize Administrative Burden and Shrink Footprint

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Active Collaboration Initiative between Federal Agencies to Standardize Administrative Burden and Shrink Footprint

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Active collaboration to standardize grants business requirements And processes between federal awarding agencies.

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Hear lessons learned via use case insights 

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Hear lessons learned via use case insights 

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Hear lessons learned via use case insights from other agencies such as use of EGMS and other platforms

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Need to establish grants mgmt competency model for Feds and recipients...then training...eventually certification

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Need to establish grants mgmt competency model for Feds and recipients...then training...eventually certification

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Administrative burden from a recipient perspective

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Administrative burden from a recipient perspective

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A conversation to understand administrative burden and constraints from the grant recipients and identify ways to reduce the burden.

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A discussion of the current Administration's goals to continue moving grants shared services along.

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Governance within the Federal Grants Community

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Governance within the Federal Grants Community

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The federal grants community currently is represented at the CXO level under the auspices of the CFOC.  However, there is a unique CXO body for the acquisitions community (CAOC),  and others for the CIO, Chief Human Capital, IG, and other communities.  That gives the appearance of a lack of parity for the federal grants community and its representation at the CXO level.

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Topical conversations around research grants, disaster grants, etc. and their challenges.

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Topical conversations around research grants, disaster grants, etc. and their challenges.

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Highlighting a specific grant area and identifying their unique and shared challenges with the rest of the grants management community.

May resemble the Oct. 2019 Symposium on the research community and how they have been able to reduce administrative burden and share lessons with the grants management community.

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A discussion about the impact of the 2020 changes to 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

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A conversation about what metrics should be used to accurately measure grantee performance and the methods to measure performance.

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How can we reconcile reporting requirements from multiple federal grantors?

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How can we reconcile reporting requirements from multiple federal grantors?

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After platforms are in place (like the Unified Portal), how can substantive reporting requirements from multiple federal grantors be reconciled so that a recipient can provide the same report to six different grantors, reducing burden?

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Data analytics and evidence-based outcomes

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Data analytics and evidence-based outcomes

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Conversation might include:
• data standards, particularly around risk categories
• audit data and how to make it useful
• data governance challenges and integrating data

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Workforce Development Infrastructure for a Common Grants Management Training Curriculum

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Workforce Development Infrastructure for a Common Grants Management Training Curriculum

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Currently training for grants management has been judged by the HHS ReInvent Grants Management Committee to be inadequate to cover all of the topics necessary for the full lifecycle of grants management.

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Need to  provide flexibility to system users to accommodate hugely disparate programmatic reporting requirements

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Need to  provide flexibility to system users to accommodate hugely disparate programmatic reporting requirements

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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) follow-up on COVID-19 grant funding and fraud

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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) follow-up on COVID-19 grant funding and fraud

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A follow-up conversation to the Sept. 2020 Symposium.

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Updates on Grants QSMO and Shared Services Implementation

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Updates on Grants QSMO and Shared Services Implementation

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At today's Symposium, we heard from the Grants QSMO. This item includes continuing the discussion of grants shared services implementation and periodic updates from Grants QSMO.

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First: Small Group Breakout Rooms (approx. 10:10-10:30)

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First: Small Group Breakout Rooms (approx. 10:10-10:30)

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In your breakout rooms, review the "All Topics" list of ideas for future Grants Management Symposia. Discuss the questions on the "Guiding Questions for Breakout Rooms."

Add topics that you think should be on the list. Before you add a topic, check to see if a nearly identical card is already on the list. NAPA/GT facilitators will approve all new topics, unless there is already a card covering that topic.

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What is missing from the "All Topics" list?

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What is missing from the "All Topics" list?

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What topics is the grants management community not discussing but should?

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What topics is the grants management community not discussing but should?

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Are there any major milestones, expected legislative changes, or deadlines the grants management community should be aware of?

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Are there any major milestones, expected legislative changes, or deadlines the grants management community should be aware of?

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Consider how would you prioritize these topics.

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Consider how would you prioritize these topics.

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After approx. 20 minutes in small breakout rooms we'll return to the main room. Vote for each item in the "All Topics" list. Each person may give 1 upvote or downvote per item.

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A conversation around dedicated funding to fight COVID-19. Topics of interest may include, but not be limited to, vaccinations administration and roll-out grants, medical research grants, small business grants, etc.

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A check-in on how the GREAT Act has impacted grants management since the law's passage in December 2019.

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Third: Large Group Discussion (approx. 10:35-10:50)

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Third: Large Group Discussion (approx. 10:35-10:50)

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After we vote, the NAPA & GT facilitators will move topics into the priority lists based on the number of votes received. There are three lists:
• High Priority
• Medium Priority
• Low Priority
As a group, we'll discuss the voting patterns of the topics and how that translates to the year ahead for the Grants Management Symposium.

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How might shared grants management systems facilitate post-award compliance activities with a focus on performance (getting beyond the FFR).