OFM established the Federal Grants Community of Practice workgroup and has been holding bi-monthly meetings to discuss federal issues and share best practices. The workgroup’s main objectives are to create a community of resources, develop federal grant training curriculum, and identify and address ongoing grant management needs.

The workgroup currently has representatives from a variety of state agencies who manage federal grant programs of various nature and sizes. Members include grant program management staff, internal auditors and fiscal staff.

As the State endeavors a phased implementation plan to modernize and improve its aging administrative systems and related business processes, the workgroup serves as another platform for members to be informed about important progress and milestones of the grant/project management module on the modernization roadmap.

A Federal Grants Community of Practice SharePoint site was set up for members to access shared resources and training webinars on various topics. It is our goal to more effectively utilize this conduit to communicate and disseminate important changes and updates to federal laws and regulations that directly impact the work we do at the agency level. Please let us know if you are interested in joining the SharePoint site. 

Federal workgroup meetings

The federal workgroup meets the first Thursday of February, April, June, August, October and December at 2:00pm.

Past meetings

Questions?

Contact Marina Yee at 360-974-9257 or Marina.Yee@ofm.wa.gov.