January 29, 2007

OMB management chief welcomes Democratic oversight

Clay Johnson of OMB, our speaker for the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards, is in the new with a report at GovExec regarding his welcoming the new Democratic Congressional oversight:  Clay Johnson, deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget,…
March 31, 2010

FDP May 2010 registration now open

Get your hotel room while you can! Click on this link — http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Agenda.aspx?i=8f9fcf86-4805–4f7a-bab1-2dae2ae4d35c — to register.…
May 22, 2007

Grants.gov reschedules Adobe deployment for “the summer”

More from the NGP meeting… Apparently the deployment of the new Grants.gov is being rescheduled for “some time over the summer”, according to Michael Pellegrino of the Grants.gov PMO. These details are being finalized over the next two days or…
April 7, 2008

Thunderbird and Google Desktop

I love Thunderbird. I love using Google Desktop with it — two whaps at the “Ctrl” button and I get my search box, and I’m seconds away from finding any message. Unfortunately, Google Desktop still doesn’t index documents attached to email messages stored in…
July 5, 2016

Music On Hold: An Alternative to Opus Number One

by Lisa Alferieff, Chief Operating Officer  Who says you need to listen to Kenny G or Barry Manilow when placed on hold? Not us. I started at TCG in 2009 working on a software development project for the Department of the Treasury. Our team…
August 8, 2016

TCG on Path to Transcendence

Named to WBJ top “Small Technology Companies” for seventh time For the seventh time, TCG is ranked on the Washington Business Journal’s list of DC’s top “Small Technology Companies,” coming in at number 18. Over the years we’ve gratefully won…
April 24, 2007

New OMB Management Watch and High-Risk lists published

GovExec reports that OMB released updated versions of the Management Watch List and High-Risk List last week. As they put it:  Business cases for IT investments end up on the list if OMB officials find one or more weaknesses. The plans…
May 15, 2023

Best Practices for Implementing PPBE Tools and Platforms

Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) processes in the Federal government are markedly different from the corporate performance management processes (CPM), which are standard in the private sector. Agencies’ varied organizational structures, reporting obligations, and legal requirements create unique challenges…
February 1, 2013

NGMA Announces Call for Nominations for Annual Awards Program

The National Grants Management Association (NGMA) has issued a call for nominations for its Annual Awards Program. The purpose of NGMA’s Annual Awards Program is to: Recognize achievement and express appreciation to professionals who demonstrate standards of excellence in grants management expertise;…
December 21, 2011

Telework Exchange to Host Complimentary Webcast

The Telework Exchange, an Alexandria-based public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community has announced that it will host a complimentary Webcast titled “From Planning to…