Author: David Cassidy

June 2, 2007

Enigmail — neat‑o GnuGP extension for Thunderbird

I just installed Enigmail, a GnuGP (free, open source version of PGP encryption) extension that makes it incredibly easy to send encrypted e‑mail through Thunderbird. Install of GnuGP was easy using MacGPG, but I hit one snag in getting to grips with…
June 1, 2007

NIH seeking grants IT people

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…

Warning re Grants.gov’s expected high submission volume

Just got this from Vince Sprouls at Grants.gov, via the NGP. Take heed! Due to high volume of submissions expected through Grants.gov due to multiple agency closings through June 5 the response time for processing applications may be longer than usual.…
May 29, 2007

HHS launches Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog

HHS has launched a blog to air and discuss issues around pandemic flu! On June 13, Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is convening a leadership forum on pandemic preparedness, which brings together highly influential leaders from…

Grants.gov Update from FDP Meeting, 5/25/2007

Feeling refreshed from a long weekend of being exhausted by children, I’m pleased to finally write up my notes from the Grants.gov Update session at last week’s FDP meeting. Michael Pellegrino, Vince Sprouls, and a gentleman whose name I didn’t catch presented the…
May 27, 2007

Scott Adams on Peer Review

The Great Philosopher of our Age, Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert cartoonist), has a little ditty about the peer review process which is, in his usual style, hilarious and damning at the same time.…
May 24, 2007

FFATA/GPC Webcast confirmed for June 19

I’m at the FDP meeting today and Charisse Carney-Nunes, a Senior Staff Associate of the Grants Policy Committee, reported that there will indeed be a webcast about FFATA on June 19th, as I previously reported here, and has been publicized in this Federal…

Cayuse aims to support grant applications superbly

I met with Chris Harker and Al Hooton of Cayuse yesterday, and we had a very interesting discussion about their product and the state of ERA (electronic research administration, which refers to research institution’s management of grants and not simply the similarly-monikered…
May 22, 2007

eGov monitor: Are all government IT projects doomed to fail?

I keep an eye on the UK government IT market because the situation there is often reflective of ours, Stateside. I think this article demonstrates that fact. For example: At the national level, the move from ‘e‑government’ to a ‘transformational government strategy’…

FDP Meeting this week

I’ll be at the FDP meeting on Thursday afternoon and briefly on Friday morning. My primary interests are the sessions on Grants.gov, Research.gov, and GMLOB, and it’s always fun to bump into new folks. If you’d like to meet up…