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April 18, 2007
Notes from Grants.gov Stakeholder Meeting 4/18/2007
Grants.gov posts the Webcasts about a week after the event so I thought these notes may be helpful for some folks.…
April 9, 2007
The Evil Status Report
Another good column from my friend Eric Spiegel, this time about the lowly weekly status report, and how it can be good or evil, depending on your point of view:
If you keep them short and sweet, weekly status reports can…
July 21, 2006
Senate debates S.2590
GovExec has a good summary of the debate about S.2590, which aims to create a database of federal grants and contracts. (H.R.5060 is focused only on grants.) I’ll post more about this subject later. Gotta run to a meeting right now!…
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…
December 1, 2005
foXpose — Tile your tabs!
I just installed Viamatic foXpose and my web browsing will never be the same again. With a single click, all of my open Firefox tabs are represented in thumbnails one one screen, enabling quick review and identification of interesting content. …
June 4, 2010
NGMA launches new web site
I’m aghast — aghast! — that NGMA has launched a new-look web site! It’s a thing of beauty and wonder. Alicia, Torryn, and crew should be very proud. Check out their slick new digs, here.…
November 1, 2018
Creating A Happy Remote Workplace
by Daniel Turner
TCG was built on the idea that telecommuting is more productive and leads to happier employees than a typical office-set workforce. However, building a remote workforce that keeps employees happy is fraught with challenges. In August’s edition of the…
March 31, 2012
Project: Facebook Data Liberation — Part 4 — Reading Feeds
Back in Part 1, I explained why I’m making this HTML5 application. The condensed version of the story so far is that I’m making is a web/mobile app that can read a running/fitness Facebook group feed. Now we are up to Part 4 where…
September 14, 2020
Enter Date: “Next Tuesday” and Why RPA is Overhyped
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Imagine going to a website, typing “Next Tuesday” into a date field, and it works. This magical capability already exists and is provided by a built-in PHP function called “strtotime”.
Why doesn’t everyone use strtotime? Because, it’s hard…
October 6, 2006
OMB Watch launching FedSpending.org
OMB Watch just sent out invitations to the launch of FedSpending.org, the database of Federal funding and awards that is something of a model for the Federal Financial Transparency and Accountability Act (FFATA), formerly known as bill S.2590. I can’t attend but…