Cherry Bekaert: Government & Public Sector
In an environment of falling revenues, tightening budgets and increasingly complex compliance restrictions, you need the proper technical guidance to reduce the demands on your staff, allowing you to focus on your constituents.
Episodes
40 episodes
GASB 104 Explained: Key Accounting Updates
Part two of Cherry Bekaert’s Government & Public Sector Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Update podcast covers GASB 104, Disclosure of Certain Capital Assets, updates to the 2025 Implementation Guide and current projects at GA...
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GASB 102 & 103 Updates Explained
In this episode of Cherry Bekaert’s Government & Public Sector podcast, Danny Martinez, CFO Advisory Partner, and Scott Anderson, Audit Director, discuss updates to Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) 102 & 103. Whether you'r...
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Grants Management Audit Preparation Tips Part 1
Grants professionals must navigate every phase of the grant lifecycle, from pre-award planning to final closeout. One particularly stressful aspect of grants management is preparing for the single audit and addressing the associated challenges....
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GASB 101 - Journal Entries, Disclosures, and Go-Forward Training
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, helps align the recognition and measurement guidance under a unified model and amends certain previously required disclosures. The statement refreshes t...
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Understanding Subrecipients in Grant Projects
Subrecipients play a crucial role in executing grant projects, but determining whether to contract with a vendor or issue a subaward to a subrecipient can be challenging. Given the complexities of subrecipient monitoring and the high compliance...
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GASB 101: Current State of Policies & Procedures
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, helps align the recognition and measurement guidance under a unified model and amends certain previously required disclosures. The statement refreshes G...
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GASB 101: Completeness of Compensated Absences
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, helps align the recognition and measurement guidance under a unified model and amends certain previously required disclosures. The statement refreshes G...
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OMB Federal Funding Freeze: Insights & Strategies
In this episode of Cherry Bekaert’s Government & Public Sector podcast, host Kat Kizior, Cherry Bekaert’s Grants Management Solutions Lead, and GovNavigators’ CEO Robert Shea, walk through the sequence of events following the Office of Mana...
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GASB 101 Implementation: Phase One Overview
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences helps align the recognition and measurement guidance under a unified model and amends certain previously required disclosures. The statement refreshes GA...
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American Rescue Plan Act: Compliance Insights
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 was signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021. ARPA is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package. The State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) is a significant component of the ARP...
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Grants Compliance Tips During Staffing Transitions
In the field of grants management, staffing transitions often lead to a high-risk environment for compliance violations, operations disruption, and heightened stress levels in organizations already stretched thin. Nevertheless, as explored in t...
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24:45
FEMA Disaster Assistance: Application Process Guide
Following the recent natural disaster, we paused our scheduled programming to provide our viewers with key information on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance for recovery. This podcast provides essential details on deadlines, ...
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Managing Grant Funding with Workflow Automation Tools
In the fifth episode of the grants management podcast series, we focus on grants compliance and the benefit of using automation for tracking and reporting.Host Kimberly Konczack, an Advisory Manager at Cherry Bekaert, is joined by Kat Ki...
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Grants Management: Understanding Indirect Cost & Cost Allocation
Episode four of the Grants Management Podcast series focuses on indirect costs related to grant projects and the importance of capturing those costs to assist your organization with grant-related personnel and overhead expenses.This podc...
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Recapping the Government Finance Officers Association National Conference
Podcast host Danny Martinez, Managing Director and Government & Public Sector Accounting Advisory Lead, is joined by Lauren Strope, Partner, and Jack McKee, Advisory Senior Manager to recap and reflect on their time at the 118th Government ...
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Restoring Trust in Government: OCED’s Trust in Government Framework: Part 3
Cherry Bekaert’s Advisory Leader, Srikant Sastry, is joined by journalist Richard Greene and his wife, Catherine Barrett, as they discuss the openness driver of the Organization f...
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Understanding 2024 OMB 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance Changes
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently published its final revisions to the federal Uniform Guidance (2 CFR Part 200). This revision outlines compliance and reporting requirements for federal financial assistance, such as grants and...
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Navigating GASB 102: Certain Risk Disclosures
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) recently issued Statement No. 102, which adds new disclosure requirements for governments. Numerous risks loom over state and local governments, which could impair their service delivery or hin...
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Openness and Transparency in Government with OECD’s Trust in Government Framework: Part Two
The National Academy of Public Administration’s Agile Government Center Coordinator, G. Edward DeSeve, joined Cherry Bekaert’s Advisory Leader,
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Justify Your Spending— Grant Expenditures
As a grant recipient, it's important to ensure the money is being spent effectively and efficiently when it comes to the costs related to grant expenditures. However, justifying grant expenditures can be a complex and time-consuming process.&nb...
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Enterprise Resource Planning System Selection and Implementation: Key Factors to Consider and Pitfalls to Avoid
Many organizations grapple with new enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations or upgrades. The process of deciding what is best for your organization can be dizzying. There are several important questions and considerations organizatio...
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Navigating GASB 101: Compensated Absences
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) recently issued Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, to update the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements for compensated absences in state and local governments. The st...
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Navigating GASB 100: Accounting Changes and Error Corrections
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 100, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, an amendment of GASB Statement No. 62, is in effect for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2023. This accounting pronouncement is int...
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Budget For Success - How to Build a Successful Grant Budget
Grant recipients, and hopeful recipients, are often overwhelmed by the management aspect of their funds. On this episode, Cherry Bekaert experts provide insight on key considerations for a comprehensive grant budget. Kimberly Koncza...
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