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May 25, 2011
TCG Is a Top Small Company Workplace Winner
Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces have named TCG as one of the nation’s Top Small Company Workplaces for 2011. The Top Small Company Workplaces awards—an annual contest that recognizes the nation’s best small and mid-sized company work environments—was announced in…
July 21, 2008
Grants.gov summer newsletter is on the street
Another notice that was languishing in my overflowing inbox was a heads up that the Grants.gov summer newsletter is available. It’s not exactly pulp fiction for the beach but a vital read for people like us. The newsletter updates us that:
The transition…
October 20, 2009
Grants.gov newsletter, Fall 2009, now available
OK, this is getting silly now. Another grants management announcement today! This time it’s Grants.gov’s fall newsletter. Some interesting stuff here:
54% increase in application submissions during FY 2009.
Recovery Act information on Grants.gov.
Submissions now being validated at Grants.gov in record…
March 30, 2012
Embracing the Tag Pattern on Social Sites
I’ve conditioned myself to use keyboard shortcuts whenever possible. I think it’s a lot faster to keep your hands on the keys whenever possible. When I’m trying to help someone with a computer problem, though, I stay quiet about how this or that keyboard…
May 9, 2007
Call for articles: USA Services Intergovernmental Solutions newsletter
Just received this call for articles via the National Grants Partnership mailing list. Looks like a good opportunity to raise awareness about those doing good work!
USA Services Intergovernmental Solutions publishes a newsletter that reports on trends and successes in information technology from…
August 5, 2005
Discussion about Wikipedia on Slashdot
Apparently there’s been an announcement about tighter editorial controls being implemented by the founders of Wikipedia,
one of my favorite Internet resources. The point of a wiki is to enable
anyone to edit any content as they wish, creating information that…
October 12, 2011
TCG’s Brian Ibbison Featured in Federal Computer Week Rising Star Profile
Brian Ibbison, who is a technical and project lead with TCG, has been featured in a Rising Star Award profile in Federal Computer Week. Brian’s receipt of this award represents the third year in a row that a TCG team member has been recognized…
August 21, 2024
Supporting Citizen Development in Power Apps and Power Automate
By Tres Lewis, TCG Low-Code Lead
Federal agencies that have implemented or are considering low-code solutions may have heard the phrase “citizen development” and wondered how feasible it is. Citizen development occurs when non-IT staff are empowered to develop their…
September 9, 2005
Running Linux Fedora Core 2 on VMWare 4.0.0
At TCG, many of our servers are running Fedora Core 2. As an emergency restore technique, I wanted to be able to quickly recreate a server on a VMWare virtual machine running FC2. In addition, virtual machines are a great way of quickly creating…
September 12, 2012
Getting the Edge on Jobs in Grantmaking
New credential for jobs in grantmaking may give some people an edge.