David Brinkley, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Budget and Management, will open the 2015 Governor’s Grants Training Conference on November 9th at the College Park Marriott Conference Center. Join hundreds of colleagues from around the country, and from Maryland state agencies, local governments and nonprofits to engage with federal and state grantors. Officials from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget will teach you how to properly manage your federal grants under the new federal grants management uniform guidance.  Pick up tips on how best to prepare for audits from the author of the State’s Single Audit, SB & Company. Managers of the massive accountability website, USASpending.gov, will talk about improvements to the site, and the top brass from Federal Funds Information for States will discuss trends in federal funding. Talk to the manager of the State Data Center on how to pump up your grant applications with meaningful census data.

Maryland Governor’s Grants Office director Merril Oliver will present “The State of the State of Grants in Maryland,” and the luncheon keynote speaker will be Amy Haseltine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability who leads the U.S. Open Data Act implementation.

Immerse yourself in this full day of strategically-designed training to give your organization the competitive edge it needs!  Guaranteed, you will never find better training under one roof, in your state, and at such an affordable price. This event comes but once a year so don’t delay, register today!

Registration closes on November 5th!