August 21, 2006

US slips in e‑gov rankings

As reported on GovExec’s Fedblog: U.S. Leapfrogged in E‑Gov Rankings The United States government has slipped a spot in the world-wide rankings for electronic government compiled by Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy. Researchers analyzed nearly 200 countries to come…
December 14, 2005

The Promise of Ajax and DOM: Simple Event-Driven Widget-Based Web Applications

As a Web developer, I have a confession to make: I prefer writting desktop applications.  In an enterprise-level Web application, just to get a usable display tier you need to perform gymnastics in JavaScript, CSS, HTML, JSP, Java, and Struts (a similar set of gymnastics…
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…
July 11, 2007

Grants.gov Webcast, July 19th

I thought some of you may be interested in this upcoming event!  Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Thursday, July 19, 2007, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. This meeting will be a webcast only; registration is NOT…
April 3, 2007

GSA, OPM delay HR business line solicitation, awards

While the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB) looks like it’s making great strides, the Human Resources Line of Business is taking a step back, reports FCW, as it intends to revisit an RFP in light of industry’s mountain of questions.…
April 8, 2008

Using VMWare to Watch TV?

I remember being so excited the first time I played PacMan in an emulator.  Now virtualization has become so fast, I can watch TV in a virtual machine.  Specifically, VMWare Server 1.0.5 is able to run Mythbuntu 7.10 as a front-end at 640x480 at…
November 4, 2015

Partnership with Microsoft Beneficial for Everyone

Further deepening the relationship between Microsoft and TCG, a new partnership has been developed between TCG and Microsoft Azure. Azure “is a growing collection of integrated cloud services — analytics, computing, database, mobile, networking, storage, and web…” that will allow TCG to…
July 6, 2011

GPA Announces 13th Annual Conference and Expo

The Grants Professionals Association (GPA) has announced that the 13th Annual GPA Conference & Expo and CharityChannel Summit will be held at the Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, October 5–8, 2011. This event, which will feature 50 plus workshops for…
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…
May 8, 2012

Telework Exchange Announces Telework Week Results

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, recently announced the results for Telework Week 2012, an effort that encouraged employees…