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October 10, 2008

Two events you should know about

I just added these to the Grants Management Events Calendar (remember to subscribe!):  Grants.gov Stakeholders Webcast http://www.hhs.gov/grants/webcast/index.html Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. This meeting will…
March 14, 2012

Protect Yourself Against Surprise Cloud Hosting Fees

There are lots of great things about hosting a web site or service in the cloud, but price stability is not one of them.  There are numerous ways a small project can get hit with a bill that is many times more than…
September 13, 2006

DUNS/CCR Study released

For the last while, a collaborative group formed by members of the National Grants Partnership and Federal Demonstration Partnership have been working on a study to uncover the “issues that exist with DUNS number management and the CCR registration process.” The study…
December 19, 2019

A Review of Successful Applications of Machine Learning in Government Tech

Over the past several months the TCG R&D lab has been investigating how federal agencies can successfully utilize artificial intelligence (AI), and more specifically machine learning to meet their mission objectives. Machine learning can be described, in layman’s terms, as…
March 31, 2010

OMB Releases Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Via our friends at the NGMA… On March 22, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum outlining updated guidance on the Recovery Act. This Memorandum: Highlights the steps Federal agencies must take to review data quality of recipient…
January 10, 2006

TCG’s David G. Cassidy Appointed to Thompson Federal Grants Management Handbook Advisory Board

This press release was just issued, about yours truly.  I just finished my first column for the newsletter, which will appear in February. Washington, DC, January 10, 2006: TCG announced today that David G. Cassidy, Vice President of the company, has…
March 11, 2008

Notes from the NGP Meeting, March 11

I managed to get the NGP meeting today and took some notes, which I thought by be useful to a few readers. (Click the link below for more.) Topics and speakers were:  OMB Update — Marguerite Pridgen Mandatory Grants Panel — Sheldon Edner…
November 29, 2021

Improve Data Quality, Save Time, Save Money in the Budget Process with OneStream Software

by Heather Lazo Budget formulation processes in the Federal Government are composed of quantitative data and narrative information that are gathered from across an agency and its bureaus. Issues in the formulation process and in creating and formatting justifications submitted…
January 30, 2008

FedRegister notice on SF424 R&R changes coming

On the Grants.gov mailing list yesterday, Vince Sprouls noted that:  “The SF424 R&R changes are going forward for the 60-day Notice publication this week and hopefully will be published within about a week after that.”  These changes primarily relate to additional data fields…