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Department of Energy Issues Policy Memo on Clean Energy Grant Spending Reviews

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In March 2025, the Department of Energy was rumored to be reviewing projects, which were awarded billions of dollars under the Biden Administration. This review reportedly targeted any program or project that had spent less...more

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Department of Energy Announces Initiative to Review the Agency's Federal Awards

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On May 15, 2025, the Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), Chris Wright, issued a memo entitled “Secretarial Policy on Ensuring Responsibility for Financial Assistance” in which Secretary Wright announced DOE’s intent...more

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Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (2/26)

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AROUND THE STATE Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump - “Gov. JB Pritzker and most of the state’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Russell Vought, the new director of the Office...more

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Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative (Trump EO Tracker)

This order directs agency heads along with their DOGE team lead to build a centralized system within each agency to record every payment issued by the agency pursuant to contracts and grants, as well as a system that...more

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Health Policy: Expected Movements in the Lame Duck Session – November/December 2024

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Congress returned to Washington this week with just five weeks left in this year’s legislative calendar. With a Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires December 20, 2024, either a year-end spending package or a new Continuing...more

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OMB Pre-Releases Much-Anticipated Rewrite of the Uniform Guidance

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On December 26, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly referred to as the "Uniform Guidance"). The...more

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IRS Takes Aim at High Earners, Large Partnerships, and Corporations Using AI

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When the Inflation Reduction Act was passed last year, the legislation included massive funding increases for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The initial narratives regarding the funding increases focused primarily on...more

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Increase in IRS Funding Leading to More Audits of Public Charities

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As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS will receive a nearly $80 billion funding increase, including more than $45 billion for enforcement, over the next decade. Audit staff has already ramped up to crack down on tax...more

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Inflation Reduction Act to Greatly Increase IRS Funding

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) includes increased Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding in the amount of approximately $80 billion over ten years. According to a Congressional Research Service report, the law...more

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Navigating the Made in America Landscape: Ensuring Compliance on Infrastructure Projects

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Passing the historic $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in November 2021, which allocates more than $550 billion in new infrastructure spending, was an early priority of the Biden administration. The...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 6. In This Month's E-News: June 2022

Report on Research Compliance 19 no. 6 (June, 2022) - Auditors for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned $35,316 of costs claimed by the University of Idaho (UI) among $42.7...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 8. In This Month’s E-News: August 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 8 (August, 2021) - “As a steward of the nation’s biomedical research enterprise, NIH is dedicated to ensuring that when data and biospecimens are shared, that it is done ethically and...more

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Is It Payback Time? Audits of Government-Funded COVID-19 Relief in South Africa

In June 2020, governments around the world were centrally concerned with two issues: (1) what precautions to take to stem the ever-rising tide of COVID-19 cases and (2) how to keep national economies from falling apart due to...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 5. In This Month’s E-News: May 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 5 (May 2021) - Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, has relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus with new co-chair Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, who replaced...more

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Beyond the Pandemic: Pharmaceutical Industry Compliance Considerations

Since the ongoing states of emergency were put in place in response to a health crisis, pricing in the pharmaceutical industry is under more of a microscope than usual. While the immediate focus may be on products that are...more

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Accepting CARES Act Assistance: Congressional and Other Investigative Risks

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While recent federal funding has provided a lifeline for some companies, accepting government assistance under the CARES Act also carries significant legal, political and reputational risks for recipients. Loans are the tip...more

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New PPP Funding Ups Ante for Compliance Failure—Audits on the Horizon

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The unprecedented nature of the CARES Act grew even more stark last week when Congress appropriated additional stimulus funds to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Despite its earlier agreement to repay just $5,442 in costs questioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, the University of...more

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NSF OIG Deploys 'Redesigned' Audit Approach: Assess the 'Environment,' Then Target Inquiries

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Institutions with federal research dollars, particularly from the National Science Foundation (NSF), know they may be subject to an audit by the funding...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn problems now extend to the United States, where the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a probe into the accuracy of the company’s financial disclosures and internal controls....more

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[WEBINAR] Developing FEMA Compliant Procurement Procedures

This webinar provided a brief overview of the various issues that frequently arise for public agencies in the realm of emergency contracting focusing on the development of FEMA-compliant contracting and procurement policies....more

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OIG Defends Its Hospital Compliance Reviews in Response to AHA Criticism

The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services(“OIG”) responded to concerns expressed by the American Hospital Association (“AHA”) regarding the OIG’s hospital compliance reviews,...more

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