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September 25, 2007
GAO says LOB funding contravenes appropriations law
Chris Dorobek’s blog is proving really useful! He’s highlighted a GAO report about DHS’s use of shared services, and notes that GAO has come to quite alarming conclusions:
“the legal principles are clear. [DHS] officials stated that the directorate pooled funds…
June 25, 2025
AI Isn’t a Cheat Code — It’s a Necessary Skill
by Robert Bruce, TCG Deputy CTO
In 2025, we’re past novelty. We’re entering a phase where using AI well is a professional skill that any developer must have to meet the expectations of clients and employers. Whether it’s GitHub Copilot or a few…
May 21, 2008
Recovering a Slightly Corrupted Zimbra OpenLDAP Directory
Zimbra uses OpenLDAP for its directory, and after way too much fiddling with domains, we ended up corrupting our database. There was a partial “.net” entry in our LDAP that we couldn’t remove. So, we decided to dump the LDAP contents…
April 15, 2009
Presentation of NITRC’s Excellence.gov Award
We took a little video of (some of) the NITRC team accepting their Excellence.gov Award yesterday. Included in the video are James Luo, Nina Preuss, David Kennedy, Christian Haselgrove, and Dan Turner. Shoddy camerawork is by me (for which I apologize!).…
March 24, 2021
TCG Proudly Supports Local Organizations in Fighting Food Insecurity
March is B Corp Month!
As part of our responsibility as a B Corp,* each year TCG chooses a social cause to support through donations and volunteer work. (Due to the pandemic, we focused on virtual volunteer opportunities over the last year, but…
May 9, 2007
HUD’s Barbara Dorf selected for National Public Service Award
There’s a nice profile of Barbara Dorf, HUD’s Director of the Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, in this Federal Times report about recipients of the National Public Service Award. In it, Barbara is quoted talking about HUD’s Logic Model…
February 14, 2022
TMF Creates Opportunity to Jumpstart Shared Service Offerings
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) was established to provide agencies with the means to transform their IT systems and ultimately better serve the American public. The fund provides approved projects with incremental funding (up to a fixed amount) that is meant…
June 27, 2016
Positively Distinct, everywhere, in many ways
TCG is Positively Distinct. But what is Positively Distinct? We asked TCGers to tell us, and they did not disappoint, submitting facts, stories, images, and thoughts that they each felt reflected our company’s culture and ambition. We’ll profile them in…
February 23, 2010
2010 Excellence.Gov Awards registration now open
The Excellence.Gov Awards recognize the very best in government IT programs every year, and registration for this year’s awards luncheon is now open at the ACT/IAC web site. The event will be held on April 29, starting at 11.30am. (Disclosure:…
July 15, 2010
Government telework closer to reality
We’ve been advocates of telework here at TCG since our founding in 1994, and it’s worked out pretty well for us. GovExec reports today that the House has approved legislation that will enable eligible government workers to telework at least…