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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…
December 1, 2005
Kim Nelson, EPA CIO, going to Microsoft
Nelson to step down as EPA CIO.
Kim’s been a vocal supporter of e‑government and a strong manager. This
is a great move for her…and a great catch for Microsoft.…
June 21, 2012
Automatic recursive commits in CVS for large source trees
TCG has a number of long running projects. Some of them are still using the CVS revision control system because it is working well for our particular use case and the scope of the project doesn’t justify the cost in moving…
May 31, 2022
A Key Component to the Success of the Small Agency/IT Contractor Relationship: Cultural Understanding and Agility
Small agencies and bureaus manage billions of dollars and have missions integral to Federal government operations and services for the citizens of the United States. While Cabinet-level Departments often have tens of thousands of employees, the vital work done by…
November 10, 2011
TCG’s Dan Turner Participates in Inc. 500|5000 Interview
TCG’s president, Dan Turner, recently attended the annual Inc. 500|5000 awards ceremony to accept TCG’s award and was also invited by Inc. reporters to participate in a q‑and‑a session with other executives from winning companies. To read the full press release…
January 16, 2007
Excellence.Gov Awards top 5 decided / speaker announcement soon!
This morning the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards judges settled on the top 5 award winners. I can’t tell you who they are — for that you’ll need to attend the February 20 lunch at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington DC (registration details are…
November 4, 2015
TCG Culture Lauded Once Again
Remember in September how TCG was awarded a Corporate Culture Award? It’s happened again! Today TCG is recognized by Entrepreneur.com’s inaugural Top Company Cultures list, a comprehensive ranking of U.S.-based businesses exhibiting high-performance cultures. We are ranked 12 on the list. Thank you to…
September 1, 2006
E‑Gov at Five Years
GovExec has a series of articles ( 1, 2, 3, 4) reviewing the history of US federal government e‑gov initiatives — their genesis, funding, and results. It’s a good review for anyone playing catch-up, and Grants.gov makes an appearance a couple of times.…
July 14, 2005
NGP White Paper #1 — phew!
So after a flurry of activity, I think the NGP’s first white paper, Accelerating Grants Streamlining, is pretty much done! I wrote about it before on the blog, and will post the final paper here too once I have permission to do so. We’ve…
October 13, 2006
Nominate your project for the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards!
I’m the Chair of the ACT/IAC Excellence.Gov Awards this year. The awards are a very big deal in government and industry circles, and this year we’re focusing on “Leveraging Technology to Enhance Collaboration”. The idea is to highlight the very best…