Author: David Cassidy

May 15, 2008

FDP: Grants.gov Update

The new Grants.gov PMO discussed the status of the system. Eben Trebino introduced the session: Working with a system built 3 years ago that’s handling four times more capacity than it was designed to manage. Now approaching 130,000 applications being submitted through…

FDP: Agency Updates

Turns out that there is no wifi access in the main meeting room at the FDP meeting, so I’ll be taking notes and posting them as soon as I reach an access point. The first session provided updates from many Federal…
May 14, 2008

And I’ll be blogging from the FDP meeting

I should have noted that I’ll be blogging from the FDP meeting tomorrow, as long as there’s a wifi network available. (And there’d better be or the hotel will have a riot on its hands!)…

See you at the FDP meeting tomorrow! Although you may miss me…

I’m going to the FDP meeting tomorrow at the Fair Lakes Hyatt in Fairfax, VA. If you’re there, look for the bespectacled fellow furiously typing on a Macbook. Wait… That describes about a third of the audience. Okay… Look for the bespectacled…
May 8, 2008

Transparency Act Subaward Pilot — updated details

This meeting will be on May 14th, from 2–4pm. The call-in details have been updated. (If you subscribe to the Grants Management Events Calendar you’d already have the updated details in your calendar! Click here to automagically subscribe to the…
May 7, 2008

NIH seeking an “Electronic Grant Applications” system

Back in March NIH released a sources sought notice for “Electronic Grant Applications.” You can review it here. This notice asked industry to submit capability statements for the analysis and development of a system that would enable grantees to submit grant applications…

NIH eRA GMLOB appeal granted

I just got wind of this notice from NIH’s Nexus newsletter. It says it all. This is excellent news for all the agencies concerned! eRA Grants Management Line of Business Appeal Granted The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently granted…
May 6, 2008

NIH procuring grants systems engineering help

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…

AWARD — off-the-shelf grant evaluation software

Thanks to Matt Jillings at Compusearch, I recently met John Thompson and Kristen Chhim of Commerce Decisions, an English company that produces procurement source selection and performance monitoring systems for the British government, called AWARD. (By the way, I find myself intensely…

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…