May 31, 2010

FDP releases slide decks from May meeting

The FDP has made available all of the presentations from its meeting earlier in May. You can grab the whole lot here: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/fdp/PGA_057092. They include updates from NIH, NSF, Research.gov, ARO, AFOSR, among many others.…

GAO’s Recovery Act report released

Some pretty amazing numbers are included here. LIke this: “Across the United States, as of May 7, 2010, the Department of the Treasury has paid out $114.8 billion in Recovery Act funds for use in states and localities. Of that…
May 4, 2010

Knowledge management in the cloud exists in government right now

Quoting speakers at the recent Knowledge Management Conference, an article at FCW.com says that… “The combination of knowledge management and a cloud computing environment is the likely catalyst for open government” and… “the questions are: Who owns information in the cloud…
April 28, 2010

Grants.gov — back to normal

I just returned from a little vacation to find this announcement [M‑10–16] from OMB regarding Grants.gov, confirming what many already understood: agencies are instructed to resume using Grants.gov’s “Apply” functionality for all grant programs that are eligible. This is not a surprise…
April 1, 2010

We now have some sausages

There’s an old saying: “The butcher’s family is always the last one to get the sausages.” (There are variants dealing with shoes, haircuts, and low load mutual funds, but I think I may have made up at least one of those.) We…
March 31, 2010

Next NGP Meeting and Webcast: May 11th

I neglected to post earlier that the National Grants Partnership’s next meeting is on May 11th, 1.30pm‑3.00pm, on the usual BatChannel (http://acrobat.tcg.com/thengp). Registration is free but required for those attending in person at the Department of Education in Washington, DC,…

NGMA wants some Hemingways

Maybe not so much with the drunkenness and philandering, but if you’ve got a way with words and a grants management topic that you just have to talk about! then the NGMA Journal folks want to hear from you. To whit: The…

FDP May 2010 registration now open

Get your hotel room while you can! Click on this link — http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Agenda.aspx?i=8f9fcf86-4805–4f7a-bab1-2dae2ae4d35c — to register.…

OMB Releases Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Via our friends at the NGMA… On March 22, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum outlining updated guidance on the Recovery Act. This Memorandum: Highlights the steps Federal agencies must take to review data quality of recipient…
March 19, 2010

2010 Excellence.Gov Awards Top 20 Announced

Just received the good word from ACT-IAC that the top 20 finalists for this year’s Excellence.Gov Awards can be announced. So here goes…! Each year, the Excellence.Gov Awards recognize the federal government’s best IT projects. This year’s theme, “Game Changers:…