FDP: Update on GMLOB (Take 2!)

This was the second session about GMLOB, and while the majority of the time in this session was spent looking at NSF’s Research.gov, it also included representatives from Education and NIH.…

FDP: GMLOB Update

Erika Rissi and Stacy Boyd spoke about the new GMLOB strategic landscape. Some interesting developments here, including the new GMLOB Strategic Landscape.…

GMLOB alliances: The story updated

Back in March I posted about the various MOUs signed between agencies and GMLOB providers. Alice Stewart of Management Concepts has been researching this, and I’ve been very remiss in not updating the list. So I’m fixing that now! Additions are…

Shared services = standard services

Rant alert. Larry Neff is the Deputy CFO at DOT, which runs an FMLOB shared services center. In this FCW article he makes it clear what the mission of these government shared service centers is:  …Neff said, agencies that require…

Demo of MAX Federal Community and BFELoB discussion

Just got this from the GSA collaboration folks. If you’re a government person with an interest in online collaboration, this could be a great event!  The Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (BFELoB) Task Force is hosting a free forum on its…

Heed the advice of Darren Ash!

Darren Ash joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as CIO a few months ago and had a guest column published in The Federal Times this week. You can read it here. (Disclosure: Darren was a client of ours at DOT.) In the column,…

GMLOB alliances: The story so far

There has been much chattering and buzz about the fact that OMB should be providing GMLOB MOU feedback to agencies soon…if not having done so already. If you recall, agencies had to submit Memoranda of Understanding with GMLOB providers to…

Walker leaves GAO to lead USA transformation non-profit

According to a press release issued by the GAO last week, David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, is leaving government to head up the newly-formed Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which is dedicated to “sensible policy solutions to a range of…

TCG Alum is famous!

We’ve had getting-up-towards 200 employees over the years. Many left when the company had hard times, some left because they found other work or had kids, we even lost two to Amazon and one to Microsoft. (Amazingly, our voluntary turnover…

OMB GMLOB guidance released for Q1 FY08

Thanks to Jerry Ashworth at Thompson Publishing, editor of the Federal Grants Management Handbook (disclosure: I’m a member of the Handbook Advisory Board), for pointing me toward the GrantSolutions.gov site where OMB’s latest guidance has been posted. This is the guidance…