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EDMISTON ENTERPRISES, INC.
#1 source for quality information on Federal grants management. "Helping You Become More Effective with Better Business Systems" |
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Corporate Staff John W. Edmiston, President and CEO is an accomplished attorney, speaker, consultant, and author, with over 47 years of experience in the field of grants and contracts. Through Edmiston Enterprises, Inc., he provides business management and training services to non-profit organizations, colleges, universities, state and local governments, as well as virtually every grantmaking Federal agency. He focuses on establishing business practices that comply with grant administrative rules and audit requirements, and on contracting/subgranting at the recipient level using Federal funds. In addition to being President of Edmiston Enterprises, Inc., he is also the President and CEO of Desert Hawk Books, LLC. Desert Hawk specializes in the Internet-based distribution of approximately 300 books. He received his BA in political science from Miami University, Oxford, OH; and his JD from the George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, and former President of the Pearce-Sunsites Chamber of Commerce in Pearce, Arizona. Shari Siler, Vice President, manages all administrative and financial aspects of the company. She was instrumental working with Mr. Edmiston in establishing the company, and prepares all the assessment materials that the company uses to work with various organizations in establishing proper business systems. |
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Why Do You Need our Business Systems? Whether your organization is being funded directly by the Federal government, or is receiving funds through a "pass-through" entity, it must have all the adequate business systems, or internal controls, in effect. In fact, there are four instances when a policies and procedures requirement emerges: In the grant application process at the Federal level, an organization certifies that the requisite business policies, or internal controls are in place. Most Federal agencies have added "internal controls" (i.e., business policies and procedures) to the site-visit checklist. A portion of the Single Audit Act (implemented by the Office of Management and Budget in OMB Circular A- 133 requires the independent auditor to attest to the presence of the internal controls. Many cognizant agencies are now requiring a copy of the policies and procedures manual be submitted with the initial indirect cost rate application. Even if your organization is currently below the Single Audit threshold, the monitoring "pass-through" must ensure compliance. In addition to the government requirements, it is simply a good business practice to have written procedures in place, especially travel and personnel policies. The practical internal business policies and procedures presented by Edmiston Enterprises, Inc. will ensure that your organization has the requisite financial management, personnel, property, procurement, travel, and subgrant policies in place and operational. The "how-to-do-it" information, in five separate manuals, contains not only all the procedures, but also all the forms, templates, and formats. So that all the requirements are precisely presented, there are special instructions for the different types of the organizations in the Financial management section. A CD is included with each of the easy-to-read manuals so that all the systems may be modified to meet the actual requirements of your organization. |
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Focused Knowledge Independent Review: We can perform an independent review of your organization’s business systems. Our measurement framework takes into account the requisite Federal regulations for your specific organization. In conducting a review, we concentrate on the following aspects: Internal Controls: The process, effected by people at every level of the organization should provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of financial reporting and compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures; Controlled Environment: Since the core of any organization is its people, a review of the controlled environment takes into consideration the tone of the organization, the “organizational culture”, and the commitment to hire, train, and retain qualified staff; Internal Control Activities: In general, these fundamental activities include implementing written policies and procedures, maintaining effective lines of communication, enforcing standards through well publicized guidelines and responding to detected problems; and Risk Assessment: An organization must be aware of and deal with the risks it faces. Risk assessment is the process used to identify, analyze and manage the potential risks. Increase risks are often due to turnover in personnel, rapid growth in the organization, establishment of new services, complex programs and prior problems. Federal Funding: How to find it, get it, retain it, and manage it correctly. Business/Management Systems: Find out how the Federal Administrative Requirements affect your organization and which business systems and internal controls you are responsible for having. We can assist you in developing specific policies and procedures for your organization. Indirect Costs: Have questions about how to develop or negotiate your own rate? Unsure if an indirect rate or an internal cost allocation plan is right for your organization? Want someone to do it for you or review what you have prepared? We have extensive experience in all aspects of indirect costs. Contracts and Subgranting: Understand how to correctly obtain additional services or goods with Federal funding while achieving your business objectives at the same time. |
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How Can We Help You Succeed? Whether you are a non-profit organization, a university, a state or local government, or a for-profit entity that receives Federal funding, you are responsible for establishing effective compliant systems to manage those funds.. EEI specializes in preparing those systems. Our clients call upon us to help them build, refine and test their business systems and internal controls to ensure compliance with the requisite Federal regulations. EEI has the capability of establishing all requisite business systems, policies and procedures, indirect cost rate proposals, internal cost allocation plans and assessing audit readiness. Accomplishing this task does take some innovation - and experience. Since 1998, EEI has built its reputation by offering an independent review of existing systems as well as clear and essential tools to reach your organizational goals while at the same time achieving compliance. The bottom line is that we will make your job easier by giving you the tools to build the systems that you need for your specific organization. A well-managed program includes expertise in both the programmatic and financial management aspects. EEI can assist you in developing this expertise in the following ways: • Simplifying the seemingly complicated grants management process; • Unraveling the red tape of the Federal grants process; • Providing insight into the internal workings of the government; • Locating and assessing funding sources; • Assuring proper systems of compliance are in place; • Negotiating agreements; • Preparing indirect cost rate proposals; • Finalizing provisional indirect cost rate agreements; • Preparing internal cost allocation plans in lieu of indirect cost rates; • Establishing proper procedures for effort reporting; • Preparing appropriate personnel policies; • Preparing contract and subgrant agreements; • Preparing contract and subgrant monitoring systems; • Assessing appropriate alignment of organizational mission/strategic goals with internal controls; • Assessing programmatic and financial risk; • Preparing for an audit; • Preparing responses to Federal agency personnel; • Responding to Inspector General Offices questions and findings; and • Responding to Single Audit findings. |
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Contact Information
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Edmiston Enterprises, Inc. 169 N. Frontage Road Suite A PO Box 443 Pearce, AZ 85625-0443 |
Telephone: 520-826-1400 Fax: 520-826-1500 Email: EEI@vtc.net Facebook: Edmiston Enterprises, Inc. |
| We also have offices located in Denver, CO and Honolulu, HI |
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Comments from our clients: "Since the templates are included in the material, our organization saved hours of preparing the Indirect Cost Rate applications and the Policy Manual." "The material from Edmiston Enterprises, Inc. was recommended to us by our Federal funding agency." "Our auditor thought that the internal controls information was superb." "This is "must have" material in order to make sure that your organization meets all the Federal requirments for grant funding." "This is the most complete information on the market today for Federal grants management." |
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