A simple procedure, taking six minutes on average, and performed at the same time as other heart surgery, reduces the risk of stroke by about one third in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation, according to results of the recently published ‘Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study III’ (LAAOS III)
There’s a Better Way to Manage Federal Grants, a New Report Shows
Agencies spent $921 billion through grants last year. We know surprisingly little about what that funding has achieved.
Emeritus Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government
The federal grant system is vast. In fiscal year 2019, agencies spent $765 billion on grants to states, localities, research institutions, non-profits, and others that’s more than the Pentagon’s annual budget. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, grant spending surged to $921 billion last year.
Grants expert Jeff Myers, along with several of his colleagues, recently wrote in
Government Executive:
“A new survey [of federal grant managers] shows that administrative costs have spiked, while funding agencies struggle to measure outcomes … It isn’t surprising that measuring recipient outcomes is challenging. Grant managers are accustomed to measuring and reporting funding flows and uses, timeliness, and compliance. Bu
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The first full week of April has arrived. Here are some activities Penn State has planned for students this week.
Various events for Penn Stateâs Pride Month will also take place throughout the week. A list of those events can be found here.
Monday, April 5
11:30 a.m. â Sonya Clark, a professor at Amherst College, will present a lecture titled âThese Days. This Country. This History.â The lecture is a part of the John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series. Along with her work as an educator, Clark is an artist who uses everyday materials to create work of her ancestors.