Financial Management 201:
A Closer Look

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Take the Quiz and Provide Feedback

To receive credit for completing the Financial Management 201: A Closer Look Course, you must do the following:

1. Complete each module in the course.
    
2. Take the Completion Quiz.
    
3. Complete the Satisfaction Feedback Form (optional).

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1. Click the button. You can also access these items by closing the Federal Audit module after completing the module. 
    
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3. Click the links to the Completion Quiz and Satisfaction Feedback Form under Activities.

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2 CFR PART 200 Module

Topics include:

• The COFAR and origin of 2 CFR Part 200
• The applicability of 2 CFR Part 200 to grantees and subrecipients
• The key changes of 2 CFR Part 200 to existing OMB Circulars

Access the 2 CFR Part 200 Module

Cost Principles Module

Topics include:

• Eligible, allowable, reasonable, and allocable costs
• Direct and indirect costs
• Importance of appropriately allocating costs
• Cost allocation plan
• Various methods of determining indirect cost rates

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Budgeting Module

Topics include:

• The importance and concepts of budgeting for Federal programs
• How to effectively use the budgeting process in program planning
• The process and components of developing a budget
• Tools for controlling agency expenditures and managing financial performance

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Procurement Module

Topics include:

• Regulatory references and their applicability to entities
• Common ways in which State or local rules may exceed or replace Federal requirements
• Federal requirements that impact the procurement process
• Reconciliation of Section 3 regulations and local geographic preferences with Federal procurement regulations

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Internal Controls Module

Topics include:

• The use of internal controls to implement financial management
• Roles and responsibilities for effective internal controls
• Typical factors that create effective financial controls
• Financial controls as an integral part of a financial management system

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Fund Accounting Module

Topics include:

• Program-specific financial management requirements and the need for accurate financial reporting
• How fund accounting helps recipients (sub-recipients) comply with HUD financial management requirements in their day-to-day operations
• Prevention and reduction of monitoring findings
• Roles and responsibilities for implementing fund accounting

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Federal Audits Module

Topics include:

• Definition of a 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F audit
• Applicability and requirements of Federal audits
• Role of the OMB Compliance Supplement
• Submission of Federal audits to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse
• How the COFAR changed A-133 audits

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