HHS is the designated agency for the Grants Management Quality Service Management Office (Grants QSMO) to transform government-wide grants management end-to-end. Grants management centers on a government-to-citizen interaction to the delivery of an agency's mission. In fiscal year 2020, the federal response to COVID-19 increased government-wide grant funding from $750 billion to over $2 trillion through supplemental funding, in addition to other federal financial assistance payments and loans.

Despite recent progress to standardize business processes, data and adopt shared solutions, there remain significant opportunities for the Grants QSMO to improve the user experience and service quality for applicants, recipients, and agencies; streamline and modernize the expansive and aging grants system landscape; and better leverage the buying power of the government to access high quality shared solutions and reduce costs.

Presenter:
Mary Beth leads the Grants QSMO’s efforts to effectively engage stakeholders through one-on-one engagement, governing bodies, and a Collaboration Site for the federal grants community, and has been driving the development of the next iteration of a public-facing Grants QSMO Marketplace.  Mary Beth has been a member of the HHS grants community for ten years where she supported HHS’s grants systems, data standardization efforts, and DATA Act implementation. Mary Beth has an M.B.A. from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy.

Skill Level:
Early-Career
Mid-Career
Advanced-Career
 

Learning Path: 
Federal Grants
 

GPC Competencies:
Practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers