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Managing Coronavirus Federal Aid Six Coronavirus bills have been signed into law. These bills provide significant resources for citizens and state governments to deal with the Coronavirus public health emergency and the impact of the health emergency on Hawaii’s people and the economy. Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriation Act, 2020 (HR 6074; PL 116-123), ...
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December 30, 2019: President Signed the GREAT Act, Requiring New Grant Recipient Data Reporting The President signed H.R. 150, Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019 (GREAT Act) into law on December 30, 2019. This bill requires the establishment and use of data standards for information reported by recipients of federal grants.  It ...
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November 2019: “DATA Act- Quality of Data Submissions Has Improved but Further Action Is Needed to Disclose Known Data Limitations” GAO 20-75  What the Government Accountability Report (GAO) Found: The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) requires federal agencies to report spending data to USAspending.gov, a public-facing website. A total of 96 ...
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Federal financial assistance programs rely on data derived from the Decennial Census to guide the geographic distribution of funds to states, counties, cities, and households. To better understand the fiscal impacts of the upcoming 2020 Census on states and local areas, the Counting for Dollars Project aims to: Identify each federal program that geographically distributes ...
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Medicaid is by far the largest federal grant to states, making up 65 percent of total grant funding in 2018.  See report.  

State of Hawaii Data Book 2021 Table 9.55– FEDERAL AWARD EXPENDITURES BY HAWAII STATE GOVERNMENT:  2001 TO 2022 ...
Read More Federal Award Expenditures by Hawaii State Government: 2001 to 2022 Year       Total 2001       1,234,481 2002       1,353,397 2003       1,532,304 2004       1,659,913 2005       1,828,619 2006       1,859,707 2007       1,925,129 2008       2,018,873 2009       2,195,508 2010       2,732,260 2011       2,891,802 2012       ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2017 in Featured, Latest

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) signed into law on September 26, 2006 requires that grant, loan, and other financial assistance awards of more than $25,000 and federal contracts of more than $3,000 be displayed on a searchable, publicly accessible website (USAspending.gov) to give the American public access to information on ...
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2 CFR 200 December 26, 2014: Implementation of the Policy.  28 Federal awarding agencies adopted the Uniform Guidance into their respective chapters of Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Agency exceptions or additions to the Uniform Guidance:   In addition to formally adopting the Uniform Guidance, some agency implementing regulations include exceptions or additions ...
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