May 19, 2011

Pass-the-hat funding gets a slap from OMB Watch

NextGov highlights an OMB Watch report that discusses the challenges facing e‑gov initiatives that are funded using a “pass-the-hat” approach. Grants.gov is one of these initiatives, and faces multiple challenges in this area, as a recent GAO report about Grants.gov examined.…
May 18, 2011

Grants.gov will be competed among 8(a) firms

Much of the discussion lately in the grants management systems community has been about the upcoming recompete of the Grants.gov IT support contract, currently held by General Dynamics IT. A sources sought was issued in April and now word reaches me…
February 18, 2011

FDP January presentations now online

The Federal Demonstration Partnership held its last meeting in late January, and all the presentations are now available on their web site. There’s some very informative data here: Updates from NIH, NSF, NASA, ONR, AFOSR, and USDA The Future of the Grants…

Thompson launches new grants blog

Thompson Publishing is responsible for the Federal Grants Management Handbook, the bible of anyone with responsibility in managing government grants and ensuring compliance to agency and Federal law and regulations. They’ve now launched Funding Attractions, a new blog that will post…
February 14, 2011

AABPA announces Spring Symposium for May 11th, 2011

The AABPA symposia are always informative and helpful, with some excellent speakers. Details of the spring gathering were just sent out. Here’re the details: Refine, Retool, Collaborate: The Future is Now Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, NW,…
February 8, 2011

AABPA discussion on the President’s budget and fiscal reform

AABPA has just announced an extremely interesting topic for their February 17th program meeting. Here are the details: A Discussion: The President’s Budget and Fiscal Reform with Maya MacGuineasPresident of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Director of the…
January 26, 2011

Rumors of a new cloud-based grants filing initiative

Mark Forman, the former OMB leader responsible for initiation of the Grants Management Line of Business (GMLoB), has announced that he will be “joining a colleague of mine in government reform, jumping into the cloud, with a cloud-computing initiative around grants filing.”…
January 20, 2011

Grants.gov webcast — now 2/2/11 at 1pm

Head on over to http://videocast.nih.gov at 1pm on February 2nd to join the Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast. Looks like an interesting agenda: Introduction – Webcast Participants  Grant.gov Status Update  Grants.gov/Grantsolution Partnership Grantsolution Services Grants.gov/COE Discussion Grants.gov Support Q&A – Questions from…
December 23, 2010

NGMA seeking Journal articles

The NGMA’s peer-reviewed journal is looking for more articles for their next issue. All articles should be submitted by January 30th. Before starting writing, however, you should contact the NGMA Journal Editor, at ngmaeditor@aol.com. For more details, see the NGMA’s…
December 22, 2010

FDP registration now open for Jan 24–26 meeting

The Federal Demonstration Partnership is now accepting registrations for the January 24–26 meeting in Washington, DC. You can register right here through January 21st, but be quick! While event registration is usually pretty straight-forward, finding a hotel in DC can be…