Federal Grants: Mitigating Fraud Risks Throughout the Grants Life Cycle

FEDERAL GRANTS WEBINAR SERIES

MITIGATING FRAUD RISKS THROUGHOUT THE GRANTS LIFE CYCLE
Thursday, December 3 at 12:00 p.m. EST | Sponsored by Wiley Rein LLP

Join us for Part Three of our webinar series on the opportunities and risks of diversifying your business through federal grant awards.

As federal contract dollars have declined in recent years, government contractors have looked for federal grant opportunities as a way of diversifying their business. Federal grants and cooperative agreements also serve as key sources of funding for commercial organizations for the development of new technologies for sale to commercial and government customers.

Although grants do not contain all of the terms and conditions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)-based contracts, similar regulatory and compliance risks are involved in the application and performance of federal grants. Indeed, like contractors, grantees have increasingly become targets of fraud claims by federal law enforcement authorities and private whistleblowers looking to extract large dollar settlements for alleged misuses of federal funds.

This third webinar in our series will offer a lively discussion with a whistleblower attorney who files fraud cases against federal grantees. We will cover:

Risk areas throughout the grant lifecycle, from application through closeout;
The common mistakes and misconduct law enforcement authorities and whistleblower attorneys look for when deciding whether to pursue a fraud claim against a grantee; and
Specific steps that federal grantees can take to mitigate risk and prevent claims from being brought against them.

Who Should Attend?

Government Contractors
Contract Administrators
Grants Management Professionals
In-House Counsel for Government Contractors and Grant Recipients
Organizations Seeking Federal Grant Opportunities

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