Overview

September 1
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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Wondering how much your organization's grant policies, internal controls and administrative processes may need to change under the Office of Management and Budget's rewrite of 2 CFR Part 200? You're not alone.

OMB's rewrite is the largest revision to the Uniform Guidance since 2013, with implications that extend well beyond grants offices. The proposed changes touch procurement, subrecipient oversight, internal controls, cost principles, award administration and audit requirements — areas that affect finance, technology and operational leaders across government. With an unprecedented volume of public comments submitted, agencies are weighing what could change, what remains uncertain and how much preparation makes sense today.

Whether you're responsible for grants, finance, procurement, compliance or the systems that support these functions, understanding the proposed changes can help your organization prepare for new requirements while avoiding unnecessary disruption.

Join us as we break down the proposed revisions, discuss what they could mean for recipients and pass-through entities, and explore the operational and technology considerations agencies need to evaluate.

You'll learn:

  • The proposed changes most likely to affect grant administration, compliance, procurement and award management
  • Where agencies may need to revisit policies, procedures, internal controls and the systems that support them
  • How government leaders are preparing amid continued uncertainty around the final guidanc

Speakers

 

Anna Valdez, CGMS

Solutions Consultant, Euna Grants

Anna is an experienced senior leader with expansive public sector knowledge, people and budget management, process improvement, SaaS product development, and enterprise implementation. She has deep expertise navigating federal and state regulations and processes, including grants, vendor, and budgetary management with executive-level communication. She is customer-centric and focused on innovating at the nexus of government and technology.

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Sean McSpaden — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government and Center for Public Sector AI

Sean McSpaden is an executive level information technology professional with over 30 years of experience in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. His background includes the start-up and management of several small businesses and he has served on the Board of Directors or in Executive Director positions for several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Sean’s public service experience includes progressively responsible positions as an IT analyst, and in statewide coordination, management and leadership positions within the Executive and Legislative branches of Oregon state government.

From June 2008 to September 2013, Sean served as the state of Oregon’s Deputy State Chief Information Officer. Since 2013, Sean has served as a Principal Legislative IT Analyst with the Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office and as the Committee Administrator for Oregon’s Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology. In addition, Sean serves as a member Oregon’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and as Oregon’s representative to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Privacy.

Throughout his 26-year tenure in Oregon state government, Sean and the teams he has led have received several state, regional and national recognitions and awards. In addition, Sean has represented the state of Oregon on numerous state, regional and national project steering committees, task forces, governing boards, committees, commissions and associations, and has presented on various topics at local, state, regional, national, and international meetings and conferences.

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