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…