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Find the research and training relevant to your type of organization. Each sector collects the briefs and webinars that speak to the requirements you actually manage.

Education & schools

Districts, charter schools, and state and local education agencies managing Title I, IDEA, and other federal education funding.

Research briefs
Research Brief Aug 2026

Time-and-effort reporting: the education finding that never goes away

Personnel charges are the largest category of questioned costs in education audits. What documentation holds up under review.

Analysis Sep 2026

Supplement-not-supplant: staying on the right side of the line

Where education agencies most often cross the supplanting line, and how to document that federal funds added to, rather than replaced, state and local dollars.

Research Brief Sep 2026

Subrecipient monitoring: still the hardest requirement to get right

Why pass-through entities keep drawing repeat findings, and the monitoring steps that satisfy review.

Webinars
Oct 15 · Free

What the latest oversight guidance changes for your award

Live webinar, 60 minutes, with Q&A. Fidel Wambura, CPA.

Dec 10 · $149

Single Audit preparation: the ninety days before your auditor arrives

Live webinar, 60 minutes, with Q&A.

Housing

Housing authorities, HUD grantees, and affordable-housing developers navigating federal award requirements.

Research briefs
Research Brief Sep 2026

Procurement under 2 CFR 200: where the risk concentrates

The procurement standards that trip up grantees most, from documenting competition to the micro-purchase threshold.

Research Brief Sep 2026

Environmental review and the documentation trail housing awards fall short on

The records a reviewer expects to find on environmental and eligibility requirements for housing awards.

Webinars
Oct 15 · Free

What the latest oversight guidance changes for your award

Live webinar, 60 minutes, with Q&A.

Nov 12 · $149

Cost principles under 2 CFR 200: allowable, allocable, reasonable

Live webinar, 60 minutes, with Q&A.

Higher education

Colleges and universities managing research awards, student aid, and federal contracts under 2 CFR 200.

Research briefs
Research Brief Sep 2026

Effort reporting across research institutions

What defensible effort certification looks like, and the patterns that draw findings on sponsored research.

Research Brief Aug 2026

Subaward monitoring at universities

Monitoring obligations for pass-through institutions, and the records that demonstrate them.

Webinars
Jan 14 · $149

Subrecipient monitoring that holds up under audit

Live webinar, 60 minutes, with Q&A.

Nov 12 · $149

Cost principles under 2 CFR 200: allowable, allocable, reasonable

Live webinar, 60 minutes, with Q&A.

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