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Government Auditing Standards : Federal Government Accountability Office's standards for performing audits on governmental programs.

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance)

Office of Federal Financial Management : A branch of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that develops and implements coordinated policy with Federal Chief Financial Officers and maintains resources such as the OMB Compliance Supplement (used for Single Audits) and OMB circulars.

Standard Federal Grants Management Forms

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) : The CFR annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. The 50 subject matter titles contain one or more individual volumes, which are updated once each calendar year, on a staggered basis. The CFR is the federal equivalent to the Texas Administrative Code.

Code of Federal Regulations Amendments / List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA) : The List of CFR Sections Affected lists proposed, new, and amended Federal regulations that have been published in the Federal Register since the most recent revision date of a CFR title. Use the LSA to determine if sections of the CFR have been amended since the last codification.

Federal Register : Each day Federal agencies publish documents in the Federal Register, including proposed rules, final rules, public notices, and Presidential actions. The Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov conveys regulatory information to the public. Use Federal Register in conjunction with the LSA to identify the specific CFR revisions referenced in the LSA.

SAM.gov | Assistance Listings: The Assistance Listing Number (ALN), formerly know as Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a unique identifier used to reference a specific Assistance Listing. The complete ALN is a five-digit number, XX.XXX, where the first two digits represent the funding agency and the last three digits represent the assistance listing. The SAM.gov system assigns each assistance listing a unique number that follows the assistance listing throughout the assistance lifecycle. This enables data and funding transparency.

United States Code (USC) : The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 53 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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