Category: Government Technology
February 5, 2008
9 GMLOB MOUs signed; others appealing
The inimitable Jason Miller at Washington Technology reports that:
The policy guidance [issued by OMB as passback language to agencies alongside the FY09 budget request also addressed the Grants Management Line of Business. Agencies were to have chosen one of…
January 31, 2008
Government collaboration nirvana!
If you haven’t already checked out the COLAB wiki, you are a horrible individual and should be ashamed of yourself. Well, okay, maybe you should not feel quite so guilty about it but don’t delay in scooting over there to check…
January 30, 2008
FedRegister notice on SF424 R&R changes coming
On the Grants.gov mailing list yesterday, Vince Sprouls noted that:
“The SF424 R&R changes are going forward for the 60-day Notice publication this week and hopefully will be published within about a week after that.”
These changes primarily relate to additional…
January 29, 2008
Another great example of online collaboration in government
In yesterday’s Washington Post, Stephen Barr’s Federal Diary column profiled OMB’s MAX Federal Community, a wiki that’s being used throughout government to speed decision-making and help agencies work across organizational boundaries. I love this stuff, primarily because technology is not the object…
Grants.gov now REQUIRES Adobe Reader 8.1.1
This is a very important announcement regarding compatibility of various versions of Adobe Reader with Grants.gov. Please take note!
Important Software Version Announcement: Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Required
When applying with Adobe Reader applications on Grants.gov, it is now required to download…
December 13, 2007
FFATA Web site launched: USASpending.gov
‘Tis a momentous day for followers of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) as the Web site that meets the January 1st deadline stated in the law has been launched! USASpending.gov allows users to search grants and contracts (loans…
December 12, 2007
Grants.gov posts Adobe tutorial
Just got this from the Grants.gov mailing list. Good to see these things appearing!
We continue to update the Grants.gov site to reflect the transition from PureEdge to Adobe. You may want to take a few minutes to view our new…
December 4, 2007
Questions for GMLOB consortia leads
In October OMB released its new guidance so each agency can conduct a fit/gap analysis between its grants management needs and the capabilities of GMLOB consortia leads (Education, HHS/ACF, and NSF right now). That guidance includes templates to help agencies map…
NGP Releases Grants Management Standards White Paper
How did I miss this until now?! The latest National Grants Partnership white paper as been released, titled, The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards [PDF]. From the executive summary:
In an effort to achieve [the goals of grants streamlining] and…
December 3, 2007
Cheap Microsoft and Parallels licenses for NIH users/contractors
This is an interesting tidbit: If you work at the National Institutes of Health as an employee or contractor, you are probably eligible for discounted license prices on many Microsoft products and Parallels Desktop for Mac, or so CIT’s latest…