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May 14, 2008

And I’ll be blogging from the FDP meeting

I should have noted that I’ll be blogging from the FDP meeting tomorrow, as long as there’s a wifi network available. (And there’d better be or the hotel will have a riot on its hands!)…
December 30, 2010

TinyMCE WYSIWYG BBCode Editor

TinyMCE does have a pretty functional BBCode Editor, but the latest version doesn’t work perfectly out of the box.  Specifically, in the sample on the TinyMCE page, quotes and code styles are not displayed differently and quotes cannot be embedded (i.e.…
April 16, 2014

MAX.gov Reaches 100,000 Users

MAX.gov is a system very close to TCG’s heart, and we’re thrilled that the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (BFELoB) Program Management Office, which oversees MAX.gov, announced that 100,000 users are now using the system. MAX.gov, which was launched…
March 27, 2008

GPC Webcast available soon

I missed the GPC webcast last week due to another commitment, and didn’t know about the problem that was mentioned in the Grants.gov mailing list yesterday:  Yesterday’s Webcast was unable to be viewed outside of HUD due to an unfortunate and…
July 27, 2021

The Rise of “Simple” Kubernetes

by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO Canonical (the organization behind Ubuntu Linux) has just announced MicroK8s (Micro-Kubernetes). Why should we care? Containers Can Make Deployment Easier — Well, speaking as a system administrator, setting up and managing machines is a pain, whether you do…
December 5, 2006

Free DUNS, IRS validation, and CCR registration training, December 18

TCG is sponsoring some free training from the State of Maryland Governor’s Grants Office. Here are the details. Attend if you can — it promises to be a great program!  GRANTS ON THE LINE: “How to successfully complete the Grants.gov registration process”…
March 24, 2009

FDP posts draft agenda for May meeting

The FDP has now posted the draft agenda for their May meeting, which includes a panel on how to manage and administer ARRA funds, as well as the usual federal agency updates. I won’t be at this meeting, even though Newport Beach,…
January 29, 2007

Annual CTO Forum — 2/7/07, Arlington, VA

I just saw this announcement and thought a few readers may be interested in the topic of data sharing and interoperability.…
October 13, 2015

BFELoB 2015 Fall Forum open for registration

We use a lot of the MAX.gov tools in our work for clients across government and believe many more companies and agencies would do the same if they knew more about the tools! Fortunately, the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business…
November 6, 2007

Reminder: Excellence.Gov Awards nominations due November 16th

I’m co-chairing the 2008 Excellence.Gov Awards, with Andy Lieber of Grant Thornton, and last Friday we extended the nomination deadline to Friday November 16. So get your nominations in, at www.actgov.org/excellencegovawards. For all the info you need, click to continue…