A Practical Guide to Grant and Cooperative Agreement Compliance Virtual - October 2024

3 hours

This is session 1 of 4 in the A Practical Guide to Grant and Cooperative Agreement Compliance virtual course.

Each year the Federal government issues more funding as grants and cooperative agreements than contracts. This trend has accelerated in the past two years and has seen increased media attention due to the COVID-19 crisis and the race for a vaccine and other treatments. In this course, we will introduce you to federal grant funding and discuss the relevant compliance considerations and requirements.

This 2-day course consists of 8 sessions. Session descriptions and learning objectives are listed in the "Agenda" section on this page. Sessions include:

Session 1: Basics of Grant Management
Session 2: Cost Allowability and Allocability
Session 3: Preparing an Indirect Rate Structure and Cost Proposal Rates
Session 4: Timekeeping and Labor Accounting for Federal Grants
Session 5: Subrecipient Monitoring
Session 6: Billing / Drawdown and Payment; Documentation and Record Retention Issues
Session 7: Policy & Procedure and Internal Controls for Grants
Session 8: Preparing for Compliance Audits and Final Accounting Under Grants and Cooperative Agreements

NOTE: On-Demand Virtual Course sessions are not eligible for CLE/CPE credits.

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Chad Braley

CEO and National Managing Partner, Capital Edge Consulting

Chad Braley is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Capital Edge Consulting, Inc. Since its inception, Capital Edge has grown into the country’s leading firm, focusing solely on serving both foreign and domestic contractors who do business with the US Government.

Chad’s areas of expertise include the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), agency supplement regulations, Contractor Accounting, Purchasing, Estimating, MMAS, and EVM Business Systems, Truth in Negotiations Act, government accounting requirements Incurred Cost Submissions (ICS), DCAA Audits support and preparation, other regulatory non-compliance support, Terminations, Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REA), ERP systems and risk mitigation.

Chad graduated from the Williams School of Commerce at Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, with a major in Business Administration.
Stephen "Chase" Kunk

Managing Partner, Capital Edge Consulting

Stephen “Chase” Kunk is a Managing Partner at Capital Edge Consulting. Chase specializes in U.S. Government contract and subcontract negotiations, administration, management and purchasing system compliance. His expertise stems from his legal education, former certification as a National Football League contract advisor to professional athletes, and in-depth experience as a contracts and procurement administration manager for an international contractor serving Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC) and civilian agency customers. Chase’s support to Capital Edge Consulting clients is predominantly in the areas of contract and subcontract administration, purchasing system compliance and Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR) readiness and risk mitigation. He also leads all contract and subcontract negotiation and administration for Capital Edge Consulting’s internal business operations.

Stephen holds a B.A in Communications from Purdue University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

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