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October 5, 2006
We’re building the Neuroimaging Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC)
Our company was recently awarded a new contract from NIH to build and operate the Neuroimaging Tools and Resources Clearinghouse, which we’re calling NITRC (pronounced “ni-trick”). We are incredibly excited by this project and have already begun work. From our press…
December 4, 2007
NGP Releases Grants Management Standards White Paper
How did I miss this until now?! The latest National Grants Partnership white paper as been released, titled, The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards [PDF]. From the executive summary:
In an effort to achieve [the goals of grants streamlining] and…
June 21, 2012
Automatic recursive commits in CVS for large source trees
TCG has a number of long running projects. Some of them are still using the CVS revision control system because it is working well for our particular use case and the scope of the project doesn’t justify the cost in moving…
June 28, 2017
Shared Services Maximize Federal Grants for Discovery Science
The Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC) is one of TCG’s longest-running projects and is among the most fruitful government shared services. What started as a small project to create a way for the federally funded neuroscience community to share their…
May 23, 2012
Feds Launch Roadmap for a Digital Government
Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel today announced that the Federal government has launched a new digital government strategy that will provide a roadmap for using digital and mobile technology to improve government services and provide the American public with greater access…
June 23, 2010
TCG Receives 2010 Commuter Connections Telework Award
TCG has been named by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and its Commuter Connections® program as the winner of its Telework category award under the 2010 Commuter Connections Employer Recognition Awards. TCG was presented with the award at the…
July 18, 2008
Zimbra: Getting Away Messages to Work With Domain Alises
While most of our mail is simply sent to “person@tcg.com”, our Zimbra server has a larger qualified domain name (let’s call it “mail.tcg.com”). To get this to work, we completely configured up the domain “mail.tcg.com” and all the users within our…
August 25, 2021
Cybersecurity Executive Order will Topple our Industry’s House of Cards
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration released the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. This directive seeks “bold changes and significant investments” to “protect and secure” the Federal Government’s computer systems by:
Section…
May 31, 2010
Notes from AABPA BFELoB panel session, 5/18/2010
I popped along to the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis (AABPA) Symposium panel discussion on how people are using BFELoB-funded tools to improve their budget management activities and took some notes that I thought I’d share with the community…
March 4, 2020
DevOps: a Top-Level View
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
There are myriad approaches, tools, and goals associated with the term “DevOps”. Inspired by a recent webinar I attended that presented a rather abstract view of DevOps, I went on a hunt for a concise synopsis of the term that covered both…