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March 21, 2012
How to Choose a Network Attached Storage (NAS) Device
So, you want to get a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device for your home office or small business. I think that is a great idea and have one myself. There are a lot of possible options though. You can get a dedicated network appliance that…
October 3, 2005
What not to say in proposals — a quick list
What Not To Say In Proposals is a good resource for review prior to submitting a proposal. Since proposals are the final chapter in closing professional services and development projects, it never hurts to get advice and reminders of what might make…
June 23, 2015
Accept-All Bookmark for Google Docs Suggestions
Have you tried Google Doc’s suggestion capability? While it’s great for collaboration, unfortunately they forgot to add an “Accept All” button! I wrote a bookmark script that allows you to accept all suggestions at once in Google Chrome. To use this…
September 10, 2007
FDP: FFATA Update
I joined the session on FFATA a little late (Brad Stanford’s fault, honest!) but arrived just in time to see Gil Tran of OMB slay the crowd and take the title of Humorous Government Person at the FDP Meeting from Jean Feldman.…
March 23, 2009
“Show me the subawards data!” sayeth Coburn
As reported in Federal Computer Week today, Sen. Tom Coburn has asked OMB why subaward data is not yet available on USASpending.gov. A pilot program was in progress in the middle of last year but little about realizing the end goal…
March 31, 2009
We will return to Grants.gov, say several agencies
The Federal Times published an article yesterday with some interesting quotes and comments from several federal agencies who are now accepting grant applications through home-grown systems rather than using Grants.gov. Of those interviewed by The Federal Times, the consensus appears…
March 11, 2009
Adding the Boolean Operator OR to Nutch
Nutch is an open source web-search crawler and engine. Built upon the Apache Lucene text search engine, Nutch allows you to add a mini “Google”-like indexing and query environment right to your Web site, but with added features like semantic tagging…
October 17, 2007
OMB GMLOB guidance released for Q1 FY08
Thanks to Jerry Ashworth at Thompson Publishing, editor of the Federal Grants Management Handbook (disclosure: I’m a member of the Handbook Advisory Board), for pointing me toward the GrantSolutions.gov site where OMB’s latest guidance has been posted. This is the guidance…
January 29, 2008
Another great example of online collaboration in government
In yesterday’s Washington Post, Stephen Barr’s Federal Diary column profiled OMB’s MAX Federal Community, a wiki that’s being used throughout government to speed decision-making and help agencies work across organizational boundaries. I love this stuff, primarily because technology is not the object…
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…