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July 7, 2008
Grants.gov Stakeholder webcast — July 16, 1pm-2pm
The next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast has been announced for July 16, 1pm-2pm EST. All the details are on the Grants Management Events Calendar, which you can also plug into your calendaring system by clicking here. The webcast can be viewed…
April 24, 2007
New OMB Management Watch and High-Risk lists published
GovExec reports that OMB released updated versions of the Management Watch List and High-Risk List last week. As they put it:
Business cases for IT investments end up on the list if OMB officials find one or more weaknesses. The plans…
October 4, 2005
Small Business Report leaves questions
An article at FCW.com points out that the Small Business Administration may have overstated the percentage of federal contracts going to small businesses in a recently released report.
An Aug. 25 SBA report states that the government awarded small businesses $69.2…
May 5, 2011
Why 0.99999… = 1, proof, and limits
If you took calculus, believe it or not, you have the tools to prove that 0.9999… = 1 . Think back to the concept of a “limit.” OK, I really don’t expect you to remember it, so please be patient as…
September 1, 2022
Four Keys to Successful O&M for a Growing Shared Service
As shared services grow and increase their customer base, the complexity of operations and maintenance (O&M) grows with it. A larger and more diverse user base comes with higher expectations and the likely need for 24/7/365 availability. Minor changes can have…
December 23, 2020
The SolarWinds Hack and Zero Trust Architecture
By Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
SolarWinds Orion is a popular software system that allows an administrator to monitor your network performance across the company through a central interface. Of course, SolarWinds provides periodic patch updates to Orion. Unfortunately this past March, hackers,…
August 24, 2011
LAMHDI Annual Planning Meeting Focuses on Expansion
LAMHDI, the NIH initiative to Link Animal Models to Human Disease, held its annual planning meeting last week (August 15–17) in Bethesda. Attended by scientists and researchers from nine cooperating institutions and several federal agencies, the meeting focused on ways…
September 5, 2008
NGP September 16th agenda/registration now available
Click here to see the agenda for the NGP’s September 16th meeting and webcast. Registration details are also on this page. Topics up for discussion include:
Transition and Reauthorization of PL 106–107
Transparency Act & Subaward Pilot Update
The Partnership for…
February 18, 2011
Thompson launches new grants blog
Thompson Publishing is responsible for the Federal Grants Management Handbook, the bible of anyone with responsibility in managing government grants and ensuring compliance to agency and Federal law and regulations. They’ve now launched Funding Attractions, a new blog that will post…
January 24, 2006
Recycling no-nos
This really has nothing to do with anything on this blog to date, but I recently received a calendar from the DC Department of Public Works that, among the more exciting pages, listed the kinds of items that could and could not…