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December 30, 2011
Faster Random Numbers in JavaScript
There is a non-deterministic cellular automaton simulation that I have coded in a few in different languages on everything from a Commodore Vic-20 to an Android phone. It’s basically a grid populated by various colors that change states based on some random probabilities. Ok, that…
September 25, 2019
Who says Shared Services are Only for Back Office Functions?
by Dave Cassidy, Vice President
The consensus answer is: almost everyone. The problem is that almost everyone is wrong.
By eliminating duplicative work and saving taxpayer’s money, federal shared services can have a huge impact on modernizing IT in the federal government.…
June 2, 2009
More on Asterisk and IntuitiveVoice Evolution
Want to change the conference line access number in Asterisk/Intuitive Voice Evolution? It’s not all that easy if you don’t want the conference line to be something not in the 14000–15000 range.
We like to have a nice long conference line…
November 11, 2008
Lines of Business: OMB’s Mistakes and How It Can Fix Them
Here is the fundamental challenge: Each new grant program passed by Congress creates a tiny new fiefdom in a government agency. This fiefdom directly gets funding and has the ability in many cases to set up its own management processes and systems.…
June 2, 2008
Our Social-Networking Government
Recently I attended the Web Managers Roundtable here in DC for the first time. (I can’t link to it because I can’t find it on the Web: It doesn’t have a Web site!) The Roundtable is managed by Julie Perlmutter, who wears a tiara…
February 20, 2008
2008 Excellence.Gov Top 20 announced
ACT-IAC released the list of the 2008 Excellence.Gov Awards Top 20 winners last night. I’m the co-chair of the awards this year and, as is true every year, competition was very difficult. The theme this year is “Improving Organizational Performance…
December 1, 2005
NASA ditches IE in favor of Firefox
A little birdie told me today that NASA has given up entirely on Internet Explorer. Now, if you are an employee of NASA, every time you go to a page using IE, you get up to three prompts telling you how…
July 18, 2016
TCG Named Great Place to Work
Need for additional trophy cases becomes apparent; interior designer despairs
TCG has been certified as a great place to work, adding yet another recognition to the growing list of awards we have accrued. The certification is based on an independent analysis…
January 6, 2010
TCG Named as a SmartCEO Future 50 Fast Growth Company
TCG has been named by SmartCEO as one its Emerging Growth Future 50 Fast Growth Companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Washington SmartCEO magazine, in partnership with Clifton Gunderson LLP, announced the publication’s fifth annual Future 50 winners in…
July 9, 2007
Grants.gov reaches major milestone
This news was posted to the Grants.gov technical alerts Web page today. It’s really a wonderful achievement.
Grants.gov Processes 150,000th Federal Grant Application!
Grants.gov has received its 150,000th electronic grant application for fiscal year 2007, far exceeding a program milestone for the…