Category: Government Technology
March 3, 2009
UK government strongly advocates open source
This is truly fantastic. The UK government has decided that, where there is little price difference between open source and commercial products, open source should be selected due to its inherent flexibility. The initiative is also promoting re-use of product…
February 17, 2009
More TCG friends win a Fed 100!
One of TCG’s friends won a Fed 100 in 2008, and now another has done the same thing…and they are both working on the same project! Andy Schoenbach of OMB was honored last year and now Shahid Shah of Netspective Communications,…
January 26, 2009
Transition team’s technology group
This is a nice insight into how the Obama Administration is thinking about how to use technology to reform government. Well worth a look.…
January 25, 2009
Grants.gov Winter 2009 Newsletter now available
OK, I admit it; I forgot to post about this about a week ago! The newsletter is chock full this time around:
Adobe Transition
Speed and Reliability Upgrade
System Build 2008-03 Update
Understanding Adobe Reader Versions and “Broken Pipe”
Grants.gov Contact Center
Looking…
January 23, 2009
Transparency is the watchword, and already a practice
President Obama is already speaking to a large choir with this particular hymn:
In one of a handful of memorandums released during his first full day as president, Obama said he planned to issue an open government directive, which will instruct agencies…
January 16, 2009
Nominated OMB Director says USAspendin needs improvement
USASpending is clearly at the forefront of the mind of Peter Orszag, the nominee to lead OMB under the new administration:
Dipping into the weeds of acquisition reform, he said the government should develop a more unified definition of inherently governmental…
January 8, 2009
Grants.gov Stakeholders Meeting announced — 1/21/09 13:00–1400
Just got an e‑mail notice on this. Here’s the text:
Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. This meeting will be a webcast only and registration is…
December 10, 2008
2009 Excellence.Gov Awards nomination period now open!
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Excellence.Gov Awards, sponsored by ACT-IAC’s Collaboration & Transformation Shared Interest Group. This awards program is one of the most prestigious in the industry, with recognition being given to agencies with successful IT programs…
November 13, 2008
NGP meeting/webcast on Tuesday!
One week, two major grants management meetings. Phewy!
The NGP is holding its bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday from 1.30pm‑3.00pm at the Department of Education in Washington, DC. Here’s the agenda. E‑mail TheNGP@AOL.com by noon on November 17th to register. You…
NGMA Training on Wednesday!
Just a reminder that the NGMA is holding its next training luncheon on Wednesday. Here are the details:
OMB Circular A‑102: The “Common Rule” and 2CFR Part 215 — Uniform Administrative Requirements:
Speaker: Janice Joyce & Jean Feldman, National Science Foundation
Program…