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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…
September 4, 2008
FederalArchitect.com: A blog for government EA types
Shahid Shah, a great friend of TCG’s who founded Netspective, has started a new blog aimed at the federal enterprise, system, and solutions architecture community. The Federal Architect aims to create discussion and collaboration among architects working in the federal government. Based…
March 16, 2020
Will the Internet Handle Everyone Telecommuting?
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
On Facebook, someone asked me if the Internet would handle the increased traffic caused by everyone staying at home and telecommuting. I found that question to be fascinating and did some quick research. Here’s an extended version…
November 30, 2011
TCG’s Dr. Robert Buccigrossi Awarded ACM Senior Membership
TCG’s Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Robert “Butch” Buccigrossi, has been awarded the Senior Member Grade by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society with over 92,000 members, delivers resources that advance computing…
March 18, 2009
2009 Excellence.Gov Awards finalists announced
ACT-IAC has just announced the finalists for this year’s Excellence.Gov Awards, the theme of which is “Transparency: Using IT to improve the interaction between Government and its Stakeholders.” A list of the finalists is below, in alphabetical order. The top 5 finalists…
May 16, 2013
TCG Participates at NGMA’s 35th Annual Grants Training Conference
TCG recently participated as one of the exhibitors at the 35th Annual Training Conference of the National Grants Management Association (NGMA), which was held May 5–8, 2013, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. With 34 grants management engagements…
July 19, 2023
Changes to Atlassian Licensing Could Impact Service. Is Your Federal Agency Prepared?
By Brendan O’Meara, TCG Atlassian Capability Lead
Atlassian software provides the foundation for Agile project management, data collection, and knowledge sharing for many Federal agencies. On February 15, 2024, agencies will find themselves without critical Atlassian support for Jira, Confluence,…
February 15, 2007
Profile of HHS/ACF GMLOB provider
Somehow I missed this when it was published earlier in the month (bad, Google Search, bad!) but GCN has a nice profile of the Administration for Children and Families’ GMLOB offering, GrantSolutions.gov. The article explains what the motivations were behind ACF nominating…
January 31, 2012
TCG Customer Recognized as Excellence.Gov Award Finalist
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) has announced that the Department of the Treasury’s Budget Formulation and Execution Manager (BFEM) program is a finalist for the 2012 Excellence.Gov Awards in the Excellence in Enterprise Efficiencies category. TCG…
April 27, 2023
Kanban Best Practices to Elevate Client Services
By Tige Nishimoto, TCG Agile Capability Lead
As Agile practitioners know, one of the more popular lean-workflow management methods is Kanban. Kanban helps visualize work, maximize efficiency, and improve continuously. Work is represented on Kanban boards, allowing users to optimize…