December 25, 2013

One More Present to Open: New (Simplified) Rules on Federal Grants

OMB's new grants rules published December 26.
May 14, 2013

They’re Here to Help

Site visits are for grantees, not federal agencies, says National Science Foundation officials. Last week at the National Grants Management Association Annual Meeting a session on virtual site visits — using shared desktops, conference lines, and videoconferencing — had an underlying…
April 24, 2013

Yet another PMP at TCG!

Yet another TCGer has achieved his PMP certification! Congratulations to Devin Brewer, who worked incredibly hard to achieve this career milestone. All TCG project managers are required to obtain the PMP certification because it helps us manage projects successfully and…
November 16, 2012

Collaborating Across Agencies

The secrets to effective collaborative efforts across federal agencies are the same as the keys to good projects within agencies.
October 25, 2012

Can responding to data calls be any more difficult?

The AABPA has just announced that registration is open for their next free webcast, “MAX Collect: Can responding to Data Calls be any more difficult?”, from 1pm-2pm on October 31st. You can register for this event right here. MAX Collect…
October 10, 2012

You Are What You Measure: Accountability

When states were forced to make their spending public, the process helped the states learn what they were doing well.
September 12, 2012

Getting the Edge on Jobs in Grantmaking

New credential for jobs in grantmaking may give some people an edge.
August 21, 2012

NGMA Training Series Begins With a Bang

NGMA presents GAO, the agency that has had as much of an effect on grants management as any organization but Congress itself.
July 28, 2012

Senator Coburn: “Fraud, Waste, and Stupidity” in Grants Management

$687 billion in unspent grant money is sitting in accounts all around the country -- Senate committee wants to find out why.
July 13, 2012

GAO Report Dumps Grants Overlaps in Wrong Lap

The GAO Report released this week that looked at overlap in Department of Justice grants programs found an alarming number of overlapping programs and, not surprisingly, grants applications that repeated the same language for programs at different DOJ agencies. “DOJ…