Author: Pete Sinnott
March 18, 2012
Too Clever?
In many weakly-typed languages, such as Javascript and PHP, you might find code that takes some ambiguous value and coerces it into a straightforward boolean like so:
$boolean = (boolean) $mixed;
But what about this radically shorter alternative?
$boolean = !!$mixed;…
The Beautiful Ternary
I am a fan of the ternary operator. Yes, it’s alien the first time you meet it, but wow, talk about getting things done! In a single line you can succinctly express a test and two options, making for truly compact yet clear…
March 15, 2012
Adrianne Fielding New NGMA Executive Director
Adrianne Fielding is taking over as Executive Director of the National Grants Management Association. She comes from Thompson Publishing, where she was Grants Managing Editor, steering some 30 of their products. Adrianne was a member of the NGMA board and…
March 1, 2012
Online Grants Manual Part of Maryland’s Grants Library
The Maryland Governor’s Grants Office has put its grants managers’ manual on its website along with other resources that applicants and administrators might need. One link on the site, for instance. lets businesses download a document that contains finance programs for…
February 28, 2012
OMB: What Do You Think About Reforming Cost Principles and Single Audit?
OMB heads up: comments are going to be solicited soon on proposed changes to grants and cooperative agreements.
December 27, 2011
Standardized Grants Forms: It’s Hard to Make It Easy
Council on Financial Assistance Reform is trying to make it easier for people and organizations to apply for financial assistance.
Identifying Grants Fraud an Updated Old-fashioned Way
Recovery.gov has been touting its ability to identify waste and fraud in Recovery Act grants, and other grantmaking efforts are taking note. But the most successful methods are also the old-fashioned ones (albeit updated with technology).
The outgoing head of…
December 25, 2011
GAO Says FMCSA Grant Management Still a Risk
A new report, issued this month, faults the agency for not doing a better job formalizing its grants management policies, training its staff in those policies, and involving its lawyers in reviewing grants.
December 21, 2011
GATB Proposes Standard Grants Identification System
Government Accountability & Transparency Board addresses grants in first report.
September 25, 2011
Telecommuting Is About Productivity, Not Pajamas
A company called CareerBuilder “the U.S.‘s largest online job site,” sent out a news release this month with the headline “Nearly One-in-Five Americans Who Work From Home Spend One Hour a Day or Less Working, CareerBuilder Survey Finds.” The question CareerBuilder tried…