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July 10, 2006
Federal Transition Framework briefing
The government’s Chief Enterprise Architect, Dick Burk, is giving a briefing on the Federal Transition Framework (FTF) on Thursday, and it’s open to anyone with an interest in Federal enterprise architecture. Check out the FedBizOpps posting for all the details. Many…
June 28, 2012
TCG’s Tchad Moore Recognized by AFCEA Bethesda
TCG’s Tchad Moore has been recognized by the Bethesda Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA Bethesda) for his contributions in helping set a fundraising record for the group’s annual gala to benefit The Children’s Inn at the…
July 30, 2012
NIH Awards CIO-SP3 SB Prime Contract to TCG
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Technology Assessment and Acquisition Center (NITAAC) has awarded TCG a 10-year contract with a ceiling of $20 billion to provide health IT and other IT-related support services under its Chief Information Officer-Solutions & Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3…
August 21, 2008
Achieve Zen About Spam with Zimbra
This past Monday the amount of spam hitting our Zimbra mail server (5.0.5) spiked to twice the usual amount, causing our sever to fall 15 minutes behind in delivery. While we were doing pretty well with spam blocking through Pyzor…
November 21, 2005
NGMA Lunch, 11/17/2005
Following a fender bender on Dolly Madison Parkway last Thursday, I made it to the National Grants Management Association’s monthly lunch at Maggiano’s in Tenleytown. Tom Cooley, CFO of the National Science Foundation, was the speaker and he had a lot of interesting…
November 5, 2010
NGMA Training: Proactive Prevention of Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Grants
The next NGMA training session is scheduled for November 17. Here are the details:
Proactive Prevention of Fraud, Waste and Abuse in GrantsFeaturing Patricia Reese, CPADirector, Division of Program Integrity Outreach, Communication and TrainingUS Department of Health & Human Resources
Preventing…
March 7, 2008
NGP meeting: March 11
Judging on several of my recent posts, I think I’ve become the grants community’s social secretary! Here’s another one for your diaries: The National Grants Partnership (NGP) meeting is on March 11th at the Department of Education in Washington, DC. You…
September 7, 2023
How Federal Agencies Can Get the Most from Their Atlassian Tools
Atlassian offers a powerful suite of tools to manage software development, DevSecOps, data collection, workforce management, ITSM/ESM, data analytics, and more. Agencies often face challenges in configuring these tools to create the value they actually need for their organization.
There are…
December 18, 2017
Shared Services that Streamline Government Processes
Built from a shared service, as a shared service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Budget Formulation and Execution Manager (BFEM.gov) supports the strategic planning, formulation, and performance management of the federal budget. Initially designed as a tool for the Treasury to collect information…
August 12, 2006
OMB seeks proof of e‑gov cost savings
Following Congress’s action to reduce funding for e‑gov, OMB is now asking for agencies to identify e‑gov costs and savings. This is going to put more pressure on folks in CIO offices to gather yet more data. It’s data that…