It means taking nothing for granted, checking out even those things that seem intuitively obvious, and running countless what-if scenarios to see what kind of cascade effect changing even seemingly innocuous variables can have on the result.
For an entertaining look at some of the most egregious examples of "partial grants", check out Muckrock's redaction hall of shame.
In a brief interview several weeks ago Mr. Miller defended his oversight, noting that the grant checks were delayed because he had broken his neck in an accident.
Grant checks cannot be forwarded, so they go back to the agency, and that is the tip-off that something is amiss.
"Unfortunately, in the last quarter of the year I suffered a serious accident and have been unable to finish all of the business pending in 2009, including the cutting and posting of the grant checks," the letter said.
When a family electronically authorizes a grant, for example, Foundation Source cross-checks that the recipient isn't on any of 26 terrorist watch lists, from Hong Kong's Monetary Authority List to the five different lists run by the FBI, before cutting the grant check for the foundation and tracking its journey with relevant documentation.
The chief inspector agreed that decisions to refuse citizenship had been made correctly, but found that in several instances citizenship was granted without checking all the information available.
When we left the Grant, I checked the deer log at the Gate Camp and learned that the Blodgett party had scored a third time, with Mark Clements shooting a 10-pointer that weighed 180 pounds.
The ERA Commons is a password-protected area of the NIH Web site where grant applicants can check the status of grant applications and provide follow-up submissions (e.g., reference letters and financial data).
Wonga was required to write off the debts because the FCA found that it had granted the loans without checking people could afford the repayments.
The agency also plans use the grant money to check out the surfing possibilities in Monmouth, Atlantic, and Cape May Counties, he said.
