January 12, 2010

NGP 2/2/10 draft agenda released

The draft agenda for the February 2 NGP webcast and meeting is now available. You can register to attend in person by e‑mailing TheNGP@AOL.com, or attend the (free) webcast by going to https://www.tcg.com.acrobat.com/thengp at 1.30pm on February 2. 1:30 pm ‑1:40…
January 4, 2016

TCG Positively Charges Relationships with Subcontractors and Energizes Projects

Subcontractors “attracted” to continuing work with TCG From August to late November, TCG surveyed our subcontractors to gauge our performance as a prime contractor. Happily, there were no “neutron” feelings among our partners and, thanks to strong management practices, prompt payment, and…
January 26, 2007

Excellence.Gov luncheon registration now open!

ACT/IAC just issued this announcement. I’m looking forward to seeing you all at the awards!  2007 Excellence.Gov Awards Ceremony 2/20/07 — Keynote from Clay Johnson III of OMB — Registration now open! The 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards finalists will be recognized for…
September 10, 2007

FDP: GMOB Profiles

All three of the GMLOB consortia (NSF, Education, and HHS/ACF) gave an overview of their offerings today. Notes follow the jump……
November 21, 2005

NGMA Lunch, 11/17/2005

Following a fender bender on Dolly Madison Parkway last Thursday, I made it to the National Grants Management Association’s monthly lunch at Maggiano’s in Tenleytown. Tom Cooley, CFO of the National Science Foundation, was the speaker and he had a lot of interesting…
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…
September 13, 2011

TCG Ranked #11 on Washington Business Journal List of Small Technology Companies

TCG has been recognized by Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 20 Small Technology Companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for the third year in a row. TCG is ranked 11th on the list, which is based on…
May 9, 2023

Trends from the 2023 RSA Security Conference

By Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO  The RSA 2023 Conference was a gala affair of security companies demonstrating their cutting-edge services.  I saw four key trends to which Federal agencies should pay attention, if they aren’t already.  XDR: eXtended Detection and Response —…
March 18, 2012

The Beautiful Ternary

I am a fan of the ternary operator. Yes, it’s alien the first time you meet it, but wow, talk about getting things done! In a single line you can succinctly express a test and two options, making for truly compact yet clear…
October 3, 2006

Commentary on S.2590 in Information Today

Information Today has a good article on the history and future of S.2590, the database of the federal grants and contracts. The author notes that,  The database will only be as good as the data included in it. The current data collection…