2025 AGT Breakout Sessions Preview


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  ARPA/SLFRF Innovation: Local Government Successes and How We Did It
 
  Audit Findings: Friend or Foe? You'd be Surprised!  
  Auditor vs. Entity - Round 1 Single Audit Readiness from Two Perspectives  
  Beginning with the End in Mind: Program Design Documents and Best Practices
 
  Behind the Scenes - Practical Insights into the FEMA Process & Disaster Recovery  
  Better to Ask for Permission, NOT Forgiveness!  
  Beware of Ethical Minefields: Conflicts of Interest Rules in Federal Grants Management  
  Bridging the GAAP in Grant Accounting Practices: Systems, the GL, & UG Compliance  
  Broadband Expansion Grants: Building Digital Equity and Managing Complex Programs  
  Building a Career in Grants: What You Need to Know  
  Building An Effective Grant Application Assistance Workshop for Grantees  
  Building Resilience in Grants Management  
  Clearing the Clutter: How Emerging Technologies (ML/AI) Are Transforming Grants  
  COFFA: A New Partnership for Accountability and Transparency in
Federal Financial Assistance
 
  Cost Principles for Federal Awards - Indirect Cost Recovery & Updates
to the Uniform Guidance
 
  Customer Perspective Panel: Grants Shared Services  
  Designing an Effective Subrecipient Monitoring Framework:
Lessons Learned from Compliance Failures
 
  Don't Be the Next Headline: Buying Into Procurement Internal
Controls to Prevent Fraud, Waste and Abuse
 
  Ethical Challenges in Grants Management: Update, Risks, and Opportunities  
  FEMA: Updates to the Federal Procurement Rules & Buy America Requirements  
  From Paper to Practice: Animated Case Studies of Procurement and Equipment Policies
 
  Funding with Purpose: Strategies for Effective Subrecipient Support  
  Getting Them Up to Speed: What Your Colleagues Need to Know About Grants
Management and How to Teach Them
 
  Grant Oversight: A Fresh Perspective on Risk, Process, and People  
  Grants Data Standards: Recent Progress and the Road Ahead  
  How to Finance Integrated Data Systems and Evaluation in the Public Sector  
  Indirect What? A Beginner's Guide to Indirect Costs  
  Internal Controls: Your Blueprint to Maintaining Accountability of Federal Grants  
  It's All About That Base  
  It's Not Risky Business: Streamlining Risk Management in the Grants Process  
  Leading Diverse Grants Management Teams Through Periods of Significant Change  
  Leveraging Analytics and Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Grants Impact  
  Leveraging Customer Experience (CX) to Transform the Applicant Journey  
  Leveraging Indirect Cost for Maximum Return  
  Lowering Burden and Increasing Impact: Simplifying Federal Grant Announcements
 
  Mastering BEAD Grant Compliance: Navigating Federal Regulations
and Audit Readiness
 
  Mastering Procurement Fraud Prevention: Practical Strategies for Nonprofits
(Yes, You Can!)
 
  Mixology: Combining the Right Professionals to
Provide Administrative Grants Oversight
 
  Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) Explained  
  Navigating Compliance and Transparency of the SF 425  
  Navigating SLFRF Reporting and Closeout: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid  
  Noncompliance: Now What?  
  OIG Audits, Audit Findings and What to Do Each Step of the Way  
  Preparing for Success in Pre-Award
 
  Preventing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Grants: Tools for Detection and Mitigation  
  Responsible AI for Grant Writing and Reporting  
  Shortcomings in Grants Management: Who Is Managing the Grants Managers?  
  Solo & Small Team Success: Grants Management Strategies that Work  
  State Panel: Approaches to Statewide GMS Implementation  
  Strategic Grant Funding Capture Management  
  Strategies for Scaling Up a Grants Office Without Burning Out: A "Fireside Chat"  
  Strengthening Fraud Prevention: Key Lessons from COVID-19 Grant Programs  
  Successful Field Monitoring for Federal Broadband Grants  
  Tactics for Using and Documenting Federal Policy & Performance-Based Funding  
  The Little Golden Book: Conveying Grants Management
& Compliance Guidelines to Diverse Stakeholders
 
  The Shocking Reality of Infrastructure Grant Funding   
  Uniform Guidance Revisions Adopted - Now the Real Work Begins  
  Using Compression Planning to Maximize a Small Grants Management Team  
  We Have the Grant, Now What?  A Toolbox for Grant Intake and Audit Preparation  
  What Happens When Big Money Comes to Small Teams  
  Where is Your Hall Pass? Strategies for Subrecipient Monitoring  
  You Do it All? A Practical Guide to Developing and Managing a
Solo Grants Management System