I.                   Introduction and Logistics

II.                Review of Resource Documents

III.             Federal Grants Management Basics

P      Distinctions among types of awards

P      Direct federal awards

P      Subawards

P      Events in the Life of a Federal Award

P      Pre-award Steps

P      Post-award Steps

P      After-the-Award Activities

P      Sources of Authority

P      Statutes

P      Governmentwide Directives

P      Regulations

P      Award Terms and Conditions

P      Role of Internal Federal Agency Policies

IV.             Federal Mandates Affecting Human Resources Practices

P      Applicable to Employers

P      Applicable to Organizations

P      Applicable to Federal Contractors

P      Applicable to Contractors Under Grants

P      Applicable to Federal Grantees and Subgrantees

P      Cross-cutting Statutes

P      Procedural and Cost Allowability Requirements

P      Personnel Loading

P      Recruitment, promotion, dismissal

P      Cost charging

P      General tests of allowability

P      Allowability of selected items of cost

P      Recruitment

P      Employee compensation

P      Fringe benefits

P      Time and effort documentation  

P      Employee travel

P      Working conditions

P      Policies affecting other workers

P      Allowability of other expenses

P      Unique USAID Requirements (Source, Origin, & Nationality, Marking)