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October 9, 2009

TCG Ranked #25 on Washington Business Journal List of Small Technology Companies

TCG has been recognized by Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Small Technology Companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  TCG came in at #25. The list, which is based on rankings by 2008 metro-area revenue and…
July 3, 2006

UVM grantee jailed for false research

Well, here’s something you don’t see often: a federal grantee has been thrown in the slammer for falsifying research in order to secure $3 million in federal funding! NIH’s own Dr. Sally Rockey said, ’ ”science itself is compromised” when a researcher falsifies…
January 11, 2010

Learn about the MAX Federal Community

The MAX Federal Community now has almost 27,000 users. This is an incredible achievement, enabling staff across the Federal government to collaborate using some really great technology. FCW is hosting an “eSeminar” all about it, with the Community’s master gardener,…
October 27, 2009

AABPA Fall Symposium registration is open

The American Association for Budget and Program Analysis (AABPA) has opened registration for the fall symposium, titled Budgeting In A Changing Environment: The New Normal. This is an excellent event for those interested in budget and performance management, as the agenda…
February 14, 2018

Why TCG Takes the High Road

By Daniel Turner, TCG President In February 2017, TCG endorsed the American Business Sustainability Council’s (ASBC) Principles of a High Road Employer. Why? Because these principles embrace all of the TCG’s core values, such as to be fair, honest, and open;…
February 24, 2006

Excellence.Gov Awards 2006, Top 5 Award Winners

Back on February 15, I attended the Excellence.Gov Awards which were organized by the Collaboration & Transformation SIG of the Industry Advisory Council. There were 20 finalists this year, with five award winners highlighted. Those five are: Bidirectional Health Information Exchange, Departments of…
August 31, 2006

Dreaming of an English-Based Object Oriented Language

MIT’s media lab has created “Metaphor”, a facinating tool that parses standard English into a programmatic pseudo-code.  Take a look at: http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2005/032305/Tool_turns_English_to_code_032305.html.  Metaphor seems very cool, but to deal with the ambiguities of its English parser, it ends up with non-working pseudo-code.  They…
October 17, 2007

OMB GMLOB guidance released for Q1 FY08

Thanks to Jerry Ashworth at Thompson Publishing, editor of the Federal Grants Management Handbook (disclosure: I’m a member of the Handbook Advisory Board), for pointing me toward the GrantSolutions.gov site where OMB’s latest guidance has been posted. This is the guidance…
December 1, 2005

Kim Nelson, EPA CIO, going to Microsoft

Nelson to step down as EPA CIO. Kim’s been a vocal supporter of e‑government and a strong manager. This is a great move for her…and a great catch for Microsoft.…
August 7, 2012

Four Years in a Row: Lisa Alferieff is TCG’s Latest Rising Star Award Winner!

Hats off to TCG Chief Operating Officer Lisa Alferieff who has been selected by Federal Computer Week as a 2012 Rising Star award winner! The Rising Star award program recognizes top public and private sector employees who have made an early—and…