For a while I’ve been frustrated that there’s no one single source of information about grants management events. Between Grants.gov, the Grants Policy Committee, GMLOB, NGMA, NGP, and FDP, there’s a lot going on! So I decided to make one, and just added…
The Association ha contracted with the Professional Examination Services (PES) to conduct a study that will formalize the qualifications and knowledge required to be certified as a Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS). This demonstrates the NGMA’s commitment to creating a certification that will…
(Dumb ones should not apply.) I got this lovely note from Torryn Brazell of the National Grants Management Association about the Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) certification that’s being set-up now. NGMA is looking for volunteers to help define the Grants…
OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is responsible for all financial and grants management policy in the US federal government. They have just published their new five year plan (here). Here’s what it has to say about grants management. …
How did I miss this until now?! The latest National Grants Partnership white paper as been released, titled, The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards [PDF]. From the executive summary:
In an effort to achieve [the goals of grants streamlining] and…
Courtesy of our friends at Grantium, we can post all three presentations [PDF] that were given at a Grantium-sponsored event last week about “Cost/Benefit Analysis of Enterprise Grants Management”. The presenters were:
Sandy Swab, Grants Consultant, talked about The Drivers for…
I delivered this presentation at the NGMA Conference yesterday, as part of the “Grants Streamlining & Consolidation: Aligning with the GMLOB” session. It describes the major drivers in US Federal grants management. The second part of the session was a presentation by Darren…
I’m speaking at this event tomorrow night, and you’re all invited! It’s sponsored by Grantium, a provider of COTS grants management products. Here’s the pitch:
The timely topics that we will cover are:
* Optional approaches to modernizing Enterprise Grants Management solutions
*…
Well I’m glad that someone has finally found the courage and means to start an open source grants management system project! These folks have just launched and are focused on foundations and non-profits. (Their chosen technology stack — PHP, MySQL,…
Since August 2005, OMB has maintained a list of IT projects considered “high-risk”. As OMB notes on its Information Policy site,
“Projects on the High Risk List are not necessarily “at risk,” but are those requiring special attention from the highest…
