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August 8, 2016
TCG on Path to Transcendence
Named to WBJ top “Small Technology Companies” for seventh time
For the seventh time, TCG is ranked on the Washington Business Journal’s list of DC’s top “Small Technology Companies,” coming in at number 18.
Over the years we’ve gratefully won…
December 5, 2005
NCI warns users about using IE
According to an email apparently sent to users at the National Cancer Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services) on Friday, an IE bug could allow evil web…
November 30, 2009
TCG Re-awarded GSA Schedule
TCG has been has been re-awarded its GSA Schedule Number GS-00F-0034P for a third time by the General Services Administration. The new term of the renewal will carry the program through November 2014 and provide government agencies with continued easy access…
October 15, 2009
Grants.gov: “Don’t use Adobe Reader 9.2 yet!”
The Grants.gov PMO has released the following notice:
“Adobe has released Adobe Reader version 9.2. Grants.gov will begin testing version 9.2 to ensure compatibility. Once testing is complete we will provide you with notice. Please contact the Grants.gov Help Desk…
July 6, 2011
AGA Call for Volunteers: Candidate Assessment Tool for Grants Managers
The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) is launching a new project to help identify accomplished grants managers. AGA just issued a call for volunteers to develop a “Candidate Assessment Tool” for use by managers at all levels of government in screening candidates…
September 22, 2006
NIH bill establishes electronic coding and reporting requirements
A new bill is on its way to reauthorize the NIH for a few years, reports GovExec, and includes provisions to establish an electronic scientific coding system and requirements for reporting patents resulting from NIH grant funding. It also allows for…
July 25, 2016
Positively Distinct: We present at International Security Architecture Conferences
by Lynette Hornung, Senior Privacy and Security Architect Manager
In Fall 2015, I was invited to speak at COSAC, an international enterprise security architecture conference attended by a diverse group of IT security professionals working in a variety of industries. Presentations are interactive and…
September 25, 2007
GAO says LOB funding contravenes appropriations law
Chris Dorobek’s blog is proving really useful! He’s highlighted a GAO report about DHS’s use of shared services, and notes that GAO has come to quite alarming conclusions:
“the legal principles are clear. [DHS] officials stated that the directorate pooled funds…
July 7, 2008
UK government launches data mash-up
The BBC reports that the UK government is releasing terabytes of data to the country to enable users to create new ways of using it that might be beneficial to the country as a whole. This is a fantastic idea, in my…
August 14, 2018
Ready or Not, Here it Comes: Prepare for Technology Business Management
What is TBM?
IT supports most aspects of a modern organization’s performance but it’s historically been difficult to correlate IT investments to business outcomes. Technology Business Management (TBM) is a way to address that challenge. TBM is an expense and budgeting framework and…