Author: Pete Sinnott
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…