Author: David Cassidy
April 18, 2007
Notes from Grants.gov Stakeholder Meeting 4/18/2007
Grants.gov posts the Webcasts about a week after the event so I thought these notes may be helpful for some folks.…
Grants.gov Stakeholders Webcast today
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…
April 10, 2007
Survey on government adoption of SaaS
SaaS is the bizarre acronym for “Software as a Service” (better than “SS”, though, undoubtedly) and Government Futures, who I blogged about a while ago, is conducting a survey to take government and industry’s pulse about SaaS’s use and prospects. From their latest e‑mail…
FFATA pilot rumored
Word reaches me that OMB is moving ahead with a pilot FederalSpending system, relying on federated search technology coming from the Navy. Agencies that will apparently participate in the pilot include the three GMLOB leads (Education, NSF, and HHS/ACF), HUD, and…
April 9, 2007
The Evil Status Report
Another good column from my friend Eric Spiegel, this time about the lowly weekly status report, and how it can be good or evil, depending on your point of view:
If you keep them short and sweet, weekly status reports…
April 8, 2007
ConceptSolutions wins $32m FAA deal
Crikey! I spotted a startling bit of news about a former CMMI Boot Camp client of ours: ConceptSolutions has won a $32 million FAA contract! Good job, guys!…
And on the other side of the coin…Government’s biggest spenders are the least transparent, report finds
Last week I noted a report about how well the departments of Labor, Transportation, and VA were reporting their performance. Whereas I was seeing this as a half-full glass, FCW sees it quite differently, as their headline — Government’s biggest spenders are the least…
April 7, 2007
Excellence.Gov interviews now available online
I mentioned a while ago that the top 5 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards winners would be interviewed on FederalNewsRadio. Those interviews are now available online, here. The interviewees were:
Melvin Brown, Knowledge Services Network Program Manager Federal Aviation Administration
Ginger Price, My HealtheVet…
April 4, 2007
How I Find Grants — blog dedicated to identifying grant resources
I came across a new blog today, called How I Find Grants. Its author, Becky McCray, says:
I’m looking for grants for local city governments, nonprofit organizations, and community development. I keep tabs on grants from the government and from private foundations. I share what…
Transportation, Labor, and VA lead in performance
GovExec reports that the departments of Labor, Transportation, and Veterans Administration lead the way when it comes to transparency, public benefits and leadership evidenced in their performance and accountability reports, according to a report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason…