January 16, 2009

Nominated OMB Director says USAspendin needs improvement

USASpending is clearly at the forefront of the mind of Peter Orszag, the nominee to lead OMB under the new administration: Dipping into the weeds of acquisition reform, he said the government should develop a more unified definition of inherently governmental…
June 6, 2016

Not Selling; Solving

by Dave Cassidy, Vice President When I applied to work at TCG, the job ad said, “Try us, we’ll make you happy.” So my cover letter dared the company to try me, and see if we could make each other happy.…
February 28, 2006

Little data about response grants

GovExec has reported on GAO’s finding that Federal agencies don’t know enough about how well their emegency preparedness grants are performing. It includes a quote that really is applicable to every grant program on the face of the planet: Federal, state…
January 25, 2009

FDP January 2009 meeting presentations now available

You can get all the FDP goodness here. Highlights: Federal agency updates (NIH, NSF, ARO, ONR, AFOSR, USDA, NASA) Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions ERA Survey Results Grants.gov…
April 24, 2013

Yet another PMP at TCG!

Yet another TCGer has achieved his PMP certification! Congratulations to Devin Brewer, who worked incredibly hard to achieve this career milestone. All TCG project managers are required to obtain the PMP certification because it helps us manage projects successfully and…
June 27, 2018

Hear, Hear! TCGer Cherrie Reid Graduates from the ACT-IAC Voyagers Program

Congratulations are in order for Cherrie Reid, Project Manager at TCG and Program Chair of the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest. Recently, Cherrie graduated from the ACT-IAC Voyagers Program, a leadership development program for rising leaders in government and industry.…
June 21, 2016

TCG’s Got Talent

by Maureen Sullivan, Vice President of Talent Acquisition  I am an HTML Goddess! Or at least, I was, once upon a time. It was 1995 and building websites was a mysterious and magical craft. Being given that title — it was my official title!…
April 8, 2007

ConceptSolutions wins $32m FAA deal

Crikey! I spotted a startling bit of news about a former CMMI Boot Camp client of ours: ConceptSolutions has won a $32 million FAA contract! Good job, guys!…
October 22, 2007

NGP meeting and webcast today

I can’t make the NGP meeting today from 13.30–15.30 EDT so I’ll be catching up via Webcast, but everyone who can attend should! (If you haven’t already registered, you can still join via webcast.) The participation details are below, and the…
March 24, 2008

FFATA Subaward Pilot Workgroup

Much happening on the FFATA subaward front! Here’s the best way to get the latest information and get involved, courtesy of the NGP:  At our last webcast, the NGP offered to support Andrea Brandon and her FFATA Sub-Award Pilot Workgroup. Andrea…