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September 5, 2008
Job: Business Consultant/Architect
We just posted a new job opening to the TCG web site, here, for a Business Consultant/Architect. If you’ve got system analysis, business analysis, and architecture experience, take a look!…
December 1, 2005
Backing up in real-time
I just purchased some new software: NTI’s Shadow 2. It’s pretty neat — makes an instant copy (to any mounted drive or directory) of any file that changes on your windows box. It even keeps past revisions of files, so…
February 21, 2006
Kentucky vies for NBAF
I see that Kentucky has thrown its hat in the ring for NBAF (National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility). in a joint effort sponsored by Congressmen and the governors of Kentucky and Tennessee, the University of Louisville, UT and Oak Ridge National…
April 29, 2019
Spree (n): An Unrestrained Indulgence in or Outburst of an Activity
TCG Sprees had a fast start in 2019. The first event of the year was a Charity Spree at Arlington National Cemetery. TCGers volunteered to help clean up thousands of wreaths that are placed at veterans’ gravestones in mid-December. Six TCGers…
May 16, 2011
NGMA Announces Federal Grants Management Training Webinar
The National Grants Management Association (NGMA) in alliance with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is hosting a grants training webinar “Program Income–What Federal Strings Are Attached?” on Tuesday, May 17th starting at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Click here for more information and…
December 1, 2011
Elegant Code’s Wonderful Blog Series on JavaScript
Up until this point, JavaScript was something I held my nose and used to get dynamic and Ajax interactions working on my websites. jQuery made it more tollerable with its mysterious “$” syntax and its ability to zip through the DOM…
September 10, 2007
The unsaid reason why agencies resist GMLOB
Last week and today I’ve been having interested chats with various people about GMLOB and attempts to consolidate grants management operations. One key point has emerged from these discussions and I thought it might be useful to describe it here.
The problem…
October 27, 2009
“Facebook” for scientists to be developed
The NIH has funded a new initiative to create a “Facebook for scientists.” The $12.2 million/2 year grant was awarded to a consortium of seven universities, led by the University of Florida, to develop a web resource that will pull together information about…
July 21, 2008
Grants.gov summer newsletter is on the street
Another notice that was languishing in my overflowing inbox was a heads up that the Grants.gov summer newsletter is available. It’s not exactly pulp fiction for the beach but a vital read for people like us. The newsletter updates us that:
The transition…
March 11, 2009
Grants.gov has “significant risk of failure” says OMB
OMB’s Director has issued a memo instructing federal agencies to “submit recommended alternatives [to Grants.gov for receiving grant applications] … for review and approval by March 13, 2009” because a system review has revealed that Grants.gov has “significant risk of failure” and…