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September 22, 2006
Grants.gov moving host
More details have emerged about Anteon/General Dynamics’ plans for Grants.gov, namely that hosting will be done by Carpathia, an Ashburn, VA, provider that has worked with Anteon in the past.
I’d expressed doubts about the budgetary feasibility of the Anteon/GD bid…
August 1, 2008
Subaward Pilot IT solution identified
I just posted this over at the NGP blog and thought others may like to know about it.
An alert NGP member recently forward the following e‑mail from Robert Shea of OMB to the NGP mailing list. It shows that the HHS…
May 4, 2011
TCG Exhibits at NGMA Conference
TCG exhibited at the National Grants Management Association’s (NGMA) 32nd Annual Grants Management Training Conference at the Hershey Lodge and Conference Center in Hershey, PA, May 1–4, 2011. The conference was attended by over 300 grants professionals—representing both grantors and…
July 25, 2009
Grants.gov GAO report news links
GAO’s recent report about Grants.gov has garnered a lot of coverage across the web and in print. Here are some of the links I’ve been following:
Senators, GAO Criticize Grants.gov [National Journal]
GAO: Grants.gov has serious weaknesses [Federal Computer Week]
GAO:…
July 24, 2011
A rose by any other name…
Over the last couple days I’ve read a few article linked on Hacker News about the “real name” problem on social web sites. I first heard other people talking about this a few years ago when Twitter was taking off. A lot of ‘famous’…
July 16, 2013
BHAG Update: TCG Nears Halfway Point toward Goal of Saving U.S. Taxpayers $1 Billion
TCG is nearing the halfway point of its big hairy audacious goal (BHAG) to save U.S. taxpayers $1 billion by 2016. So far TCG has saved the government in excess of $429 million by automating once-costly processes, using time-saving and…
May 29, 2009
MAX Federal Community on FederalNewsRadio
FederalNewsRadio has a story and a couple of interviews about the MAX Federal Community this week. (Note: TCG supports this system on behalf of OMB.) The Community is powering a lot of inter-agency collaboration across government. FederalNewsRadio interviewed Sandi McCabe at the Department…
January 3, 2017
Federal Shared Services that Accelerate Government
MAX.gov is a prime example of how a product, designed as a shared service with interagency collaboration, can be retooled to accomplish extraordinary goals for government.
Initially created to support the federal budget submission process, MAX.gov is a suite of tools that facilitate collaboration, information…
August 8, 2005
NGMA Conference 2006
If you didn’t already know, registration for the National Grants Management Association’s 27th Annual Conference, running from 26–27 April in Washington DC, is now open. The 2005 conference had several highlights for me, which I posted about on my blog.…
December 22, 2010
FDP registration now open for Jan 24–26 meeting
The Federal Demonstration Partnership is now accepting registrations for the January 24–26 meeting in Washington, DC. You can register right here through January 21st, but be quick! While event registration is usually pretty straight-forward, finding a hotel in DC can be…