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September 25, 2007
New technology transfer resource
Sharon McLoone’s Small Business blog pointed out a great resource for entrepreneurs looking for new innovations to take to market: the
iBridge Network. This is
“an online searchable database with the latest news in research, technologies and findings at U.S. universities. The…
August 25, 2010
LAMHDI News
The LAMHDI project (http://lamhdi.org) held its second invitation-only Animal Models and Human Disease Conference August 17–19 in Bethesda. A total of 23 scientists from universities across the country, NIH project officers from several Institutes and Centers, and TCG staff discussed ways…
April 16, 2024
Low-Code, High Value: 5 Best Practices for Leveraging Low-Code Solutions
While the pandemic caused a sudden shift in how people work, the transition to a post pandemic normal has been marked by a two-steps-forward, one-step-backward dynamic. This has created clear challenges in how Federal agencies manage their workforce. Leaders created and revised new…
June 1, 2023
Leveling Up Lowers Big Truck Crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that over twenty thousand people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the first half of 2022. Fatalities in crashes involving at least one large truck (gross vehicle weight rating of more…
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…
July 18, 2006
Federal Transition Framework
OMB has released the Federal Transition Framework, which aims to consolidate information about cross-agency initiatives into one catalog. This is useful for agencies who need to align budgets with these initiatives and demonstrate they’ve done so through their EAs.
Right now…
December 7, 2016
A Case for Embracing Shared Services
Keeping track of an $81.5 billion IT portfolio across 26 agencies with staff spread throughout the nation and, in some cases, overseas, is hairy, to say the least. There are bound to be duplication of efforts, systems, and software.
For…
May 14, 2012
Telework Exchange to Host Complimentary Webcast
The Telework Exchange, an Alexandria-based public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community has announced that it will host a complimentary Webcast titled “Ramp Up Your…
April 12, 2006
Recovering RAID on Linux in Rescue Mode
The software RAID on Linux works very well. Our backup machine (still using Red Hat 9) uses a RAID‑5 with 6 drives: 4 hot and 2 reserve. When a main drive fails, a reserve is auto-magically brought in (thanks to the “md” daemon).
But last Sunday…
September 14, 2006
Grants Policy Committee Open Webcast information
Back in July, I posted that the Grants Policy Committee was organizing an open webcast. Details about that event are now available:
DATES: The Committee will hold an open stakeholder meeting and Webcast on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 11 a.m. to…