The Bureau of Justice Assistanc requested assistance through BJA NTTAC to provide training and technical assistance to the two cities who will be hosting the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 2020: Charlotte, NC and Milwaukee, WI. Kevin Preslan was selected to facilitate the assistance and conducted a two-and-half day onsite visit with the agency in January 2018. Kevin Preslan will be developing a report with recommendations specific to training on best practices/lessons learned from previous conventions on a variety of grant administration and audit topics as needed. As well as two onsite days to review grant administration planning efforts and provide input on coordination and planning with federal and local partners related to financial management and reimbursement best practices of the convention award.
The contracted provider will support BJA in providing training and technical assistance to the two cities who will be hosting the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 2020: Charlotte, NC and Milwaukee, WI. BJA provides funding and TTA support to these cities to effectively implement these events safely and within federal funding guidelines.
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