While doing some research on an entirely unrelated topic, I happened upon this article from 1998: New Federal Grants System to Eliminate Confusion, Bureaucracy For State and Locals. It profiles the U.S. Electronic Grants System (EGS), a forerunner to the Federal Commons…
One of the larger, if not the largest, grants management system in government is run by the NIH. It’s called the Electronic Research Administration (eRA…yes, with a small ‘e’) and you can read all about it here. NIH is currently recompeting…
Just got this notice (and entered it on the Grants Management Events Calendar):
Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. This meeting will be a webcast only…
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…
NIH has posted several government payscale GS-15 (senior level, effectively) job openings in the area that builds and operates their grants management system, eRA. Here are the links to the postings:
Chief, Operations Branch
Chief, Customer Relations Branch
Chief, Design…
Complements the GMLOB initiative; modernizes and streamlines grant business processes
Washington, DC, May 1, 2007: TCG, a leading government technology strategy and IT company, announced today that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the company a contract to provide program…
We will be issuing this press release first thing in the morning. We’re very excited about this project, for working at USDA again and because of our application of Lean Six Sigma techniques to grants streamlining!
TCG TO SUPPORT USDA’S…
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…
Grants.gov posts the Webcasts about a week after the event so I thought these notes may be helpful for some folks.…
Just a reminder that there’s a Grants.gov Stakeholders Webcast today, open to one and all. Participation instructions are below.
Please join us for the Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. This meeting will be…
