Author: David Cassidy
March 3, 2009
UK government strongly advocates open source
This is truly fantastic. The UK government has decided that, where there is little price difference between open source and commercial products, open source should be selected due to its inherent flexibility. The initiative is also promoting re-use of product…
March 2, 2009
Learn about Recovery.gov at NGMA lunch, April 1st
I just got word that the NGMA is hosting a training session called “The Stimulus Bill & Grants Management: Tracking and Reporting Requirements” on April 1st. Earl Warrington, Program Manager for Recovery.gov and Director of the Integrated Acquisition Environment at GSA, will…
February 20, 2009
NGP meeting rescheduled for 3/31/09
The last NGP meeting was canceled due to a broken water main at the Department of Education, and it has now been rescheduled for March 31st, 1.30pm‑3.30pm. The agenda is the same as before (here). And, remember, even if you can’t…
February 17, 2009
More TCG friends win a Fed 100!
One of TCG’s friends won a Fed 100 in 2008, and now another has done the same thing…and they are both working on the same project! Andy Schoenbach of OMB was honored last year and now Shahid Shah of Netspective Communications,…
February 4, 2009
Cooley optimistic about grants streamlining
Tom Cooley, the chair of the Chief Financial Officer’s Council’s Grants Policy Committee was interviewed by Jason Miller on FederalNewsRadio yesterday. There’s a distinct note of optimism in Tom’s responses, and for good reason: the GPC now has an Implementation Plan…
January 26, 2009
Transition team’s technology group
This is a nice insight into how the Obama Administration is thinking about how to use technology to reform government. Well worth a look.…
January 25, 2009
FDP January 2009 meeting presentations now available
You can get all the FDP goodness here. Highlights:
Federal agency updates (NIH, NSF, ARO, ONR, AFOSR, USDA, NASA)
Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions
ERA Survey Results
Grants.gov…
Grants.gov Winter 2009 Newsletter now available
OK, I admit it; I forgot to post about this about a week ago! The newsletter is chock full this time around:
Adobe Transition
Speed and Reliability Upgrade
System Build 2008-03 Update
Understanding Adobe Reader Versions and “Broken Pipe”
Grants.gov Contact Center
Looking…
January 23, 2009
Transparency is the watchword, and already a practice
President Obama is already speaking to a large choir with this particular hymn:
In one of a handful of memorandums released during his first full day as president, Obama said he planned to issue an open government directive, which will instruct agencies…
January 16, 2009
2009 All Hands Meeting
So we’re gonna save the US taxpayer $100 million in 2009. And $1 billion by 2016. No sweat.
Well, that’s the plan, at least, as announced by Dan Turner at TCG’s annual All Hands Meeting yesterday! And to make sure we…