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March 24, 2009
Grants.gov gets new leadership
Grants.gov has a new program manager to guide it through the challenges of servicing the Recovery Act. Phillip Clark, a member of the HHS Office of the Chief Information Officer, will be Acting Program Manager as Eben Trevino moves to become Senior…
August 18, 2005
Oregon govt uses Asterisk and other open source
Slashdot has a posting today. about the Oregon government’s use of open source technologies, including Asterisk (an open source PBX system).…
May 8, 2012
Telework Exchange Announces Telework Week Results
The Telework Exchange,an Alexandria-based public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community, recently announced the results for Telework Week 2012, an effort that encouraged employees…
August 4, 2020
For Shared Services, Effectively Scaling Up and Quality Customer Service are Symbiotic
While Federal agencies have historically struggled to find shared services that meet their needs, OMB’s focus on Quality Service Management Offices (QSMOs) is making effective changes. Efforts to establish more robust shared service marketplaces with clearly identified options for customers,…
April 11, 2008
Demo of MAX Federal Community and BFELoB discussion
Just got this from the GSA collaboration folks. If you’re a government person with an interest in online collaboration, this could be a great event!
The Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (BFELoB) Task Force is hosting a free forum on its…
December 19, 2012
Finalists Announced for the 2012 SAVE Awards–Cast Your Vote Today!
OMB and the White House have announced the four finalists for this year’s Securing Americans Value and Efficiency (SAVE) awards. Award nominations, which promote ideas to improve government efficiency and save taxpayers’ money, are submitted by Federal employees. Anyone can…
January 2, 2007
Government Futures
Government Futures is a relatively new site intends to create dialog and encourage participation in modernizing government. Founded by Bruce McConnell and Margaret Anderson, both well-known faces in DC’s IT circles, the site features micropolls, blogs, and white papers on issues…
March 31, 2010
Next NGP Meeting and Webcast: May 11th
I neglected to post earlier that the National Grants Partnership’s next meeting is on May 11th, 1.30pm‑3.00pm, on the usual BatChannel (http://acrobat.tcg.com/thengp). Registration is free but required for those attending in person at the Department of Education in Washington, DC,…
November 4, 2008
A Script to Automatically Update Clamav Packages
Clamav is an excellent open source multi-platform antivirus program that we use on our systems and projects. While clamav comes with utilities to update the antivirus definitions, there isn’t a utility to update the engine (instead the antivirus update gives a warning).…
June 3, 2008
NGP Meeting, June 10th 1.30pm-3pm
The National Grants Partnership is holding its next meeting on June 10th in downtown DC. The agenda includes Terry Hurst and Andrea Brandon discussing the Transparency Act subaward pilot, which should be quite interesting!
We’re taking over the NGP web…