Category: Government Technology
July 9, 2007
Grants.gov reaches major milestone
This news was posted to the Grants.gov technical alerts Web page today. It’s really a wonderful achievement.
Grants.gov Processes 150,000th Federal Grant Application!
Grants.gov has received its 150,000th electronic grant application for fiscal year 2007, far exceeding a program milestone for the…
June 28, 2007
Next GPC Meeting: 2pm 10/30/07
At the Grants Policy Committee meeting last Wednesday, Tom Cooley announced that the GPC is working on a new strategic plan, and would appreciate input from the grants community. To provide it, send comments to gpcwebcast@nsf.gov. The next GPC meeting is…
June 25, 2007
FFATA presentation now online
Received from Cornelia Chebinou of NASACT, via The NGP:
A copy of the presentation on the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) given by Tom Cooley, Chair of the Grants Policy Committee, and presented during the recent Grants Policy Committee…
June 18, 2007
Google launches a public policy blog
Google’s launched its own blog about public policy, “to do public policy advocacy in a Googley way,” claims Andrew McLaughlin, Google’s Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs. It’s certainly a good idea, even though postings over the last two months (it…
June 12, 2007
Inconsiderate FBO system design gets my goat
This really shouldn’t bother me as much as it does but check this out:
This is a screenshot from FedBizOpps after a user registers interest in an opportunity. Yeah, let me just click on that “X” at the top most right hand…
June 8, 2007
Webcast on New FFATA Legislation & Strategic Planning
Got this from the Grants Policy Committee, as a reminder for the June 19 webcast:
The Grants Policy Committee (GPC) continues to lead federal grant management and administration streamlining activities. The next GPC Stakeholder Webcast & Meeting will be held on Tuesday,…
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…