Claim OwnershipCherry Bekaert: Government & Public Sector
Subscribed: 0Played: 0
Subscribe
© 2025 Cherry Bekaert LLP
Description
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.
40 Episodes
Reverse
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 GASB. Danny Martinez, CFO Advisory Partner, and Scott Anderson, Audit Director, break down what the latest updates mean, why they matter and how they could shape your reporting practices. Whether you're a seasoned accounting professional or si...
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're a seasoned accounting professional or just trying to keep up with the latest in governmental accounting, this episode will help you understand what these standards mean, why they matter and how they could impact your reporting processes. Tune in to le...
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. For success in this phase, grant professionals and accounting staff must seek to comprehend the auditor's role and the expectations involved. In part one of this two-part episode series, we explore effective strategies for audit preparation with&...
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 the GASB’s compensated absence guidance from the 90s to reflect changes to compensated absences offered since the guidance was introduced. Cherry Bekaert’s team has outlined a four-phase approach to help your government implement GASB 101. In the final e...
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 demands, it may not always make sense for an organization to opt for a subaward. As such, it's essential for organizations to make informed decisions to ensure the successful execution and completion of grant projects. Join Kat Kizior, Grant Management...
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 GASB’s guidance from the 90s based on the changes to compensated absences offered since the guidance was introduced. Cherry Bekaert’s team has outlined a four-phase approach to help your government implement GASB 101. In the third episode of the four-par...
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 GASB’s compensated absence guidance from the 90s based on the changes to compensated absences offered since the guidance was introduced. Cherry Bekaert’s team has outlined a four-phase approach to help your government implement GASB 101. In the second ep...
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 Management and Budget's (OMB) memo issued Monday, January 27, 2025. The memo instructed all agencies to temporarily halt "all activities related to the obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance." The OMB then released a Q&A on...
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 GASB’s compensated absence guidance from the 90s based on the changes to compensated absences offered since the guidance was introduced. Cherry Bekaert’s team has outlined a four-phase approach to help your government implement GASB 101. In the first epis...
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 ARPA. The SLFRF allocates $350 billion to state, local, territorial, and tribal governments. The purpose of these funds is to provide governments with the resources needed to respond to the pandemic, replace lost revenue, and support economic recovery. Gra...
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 this podcast, these transitions and the accompanying challenges are common issues many organizations face for various reasons. Grant Management Manager Kat Kizior and new co-host and Grants Management Senior Associate Paula Heller join forces to re...
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, the application process for the FEMA Public Assistance Program and what to expect after applying. Kat Kizior, Grant Management Manager, and new co-host Paula Heller, Grants Management Senior Associate, join forces to address FEMA grant funding pos...
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 Kizior, Manager, and special guest Emily Naufel, Director of Customer Success at AmpliFund. Together, they discuss the benefits of automation and tips for organizations interested in making the switch. As part of Cherry Bekaert’s GPS podcast series, this episod...
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 podcast episode is hosted by Kimberly Konczack, an Advisory Manager at Cherry Bekaert, and Kat Kizior, Manager, with special guest Nikky Lettini, Managing Director, Advisory Services. As part of Cherry Bekaert’s GPS podcast series, this episode covers: An e...
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 Finance Officers Association (GFOA) National Conference. Held in Orlando, FL, the conference had over 7,000 attendees, with 50 states represented and chances for continuing professional education (CPE), networking and learning. Listen to this episode to...
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 for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OCED) Trust in Government Framework. Richard Greene is a prominent journalist who has spent the better part of the past 30 years covering state and local governments. It is often said that trust and confidence in government is strongest at the local level because that’s whe...
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 loans. Host Kat Kizior, Senior Associate at Cherry Bekaert, is joined by special guest Robert Shea, CEO of GovNavigators, to discuss2 CFR 200 uniform guidance updates and how these changes will affect state and local governments, non-profits and ...
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 hinder their capacity to fulfill obligations in a timely manner. While certain risks demand disclosure, many others that commonly plague these governments have not been disclosed because they were not explicitly required. To address this gap, Statement No....
The National Academy of Public Administration’s Agile Government Center Coordinator, G. Edward DeSeve, joined Cherry Bekaert’s Advisory Leader, Srikant Sastry, in a conversation with Nick Hart, the current president and CEO of the Data Foundation. In this episode, Ed and Srikant discuss the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Trust in Government Framework. According to the OECD, governments with high levels of trust among their citizenry “provide open and accessibl...
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. Hosts Kimberly Konczack, an Advisory Manager at Cherry Bekaert, and Shuo Zhang, Manager, are joined by Kat Kizior, Senior Associate, and special guest Anthony Walsh, Senior Manager. As part of Cherry Bekaert’s Government & Public Sector (GPS) po...
Comments
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States