Category: Government Technology
March 31, 2010
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.…
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:…
February 23, 2010
2010 Excellence.Gov Awards registration now open
The Excellence.Gov Awards recognize the very best in government IT programs every year, and registration for this year’s awards luncheon is now open at the ACT/IAC web site. The event will be held on April 29, starting at 11.30am. (Disclosure:…
February 4, 2010
NGP requests Grants.gov improvement suggestions
From our friends at the National Grants Partnership:
The team at Grants.gov is soliciting your input to the below questions concerning the next generation of Grants.gov. We would appreciate if you could provide you thoughts to thengp@aol.com no later than…
January 26, 2010
Grants.gov wants your enhancement suggestions
Grants.gov has published a form on which applicants can submit suggestions for ways in which the system could be improved. Weirdly, it’s a Word document (how about an online form?!) but it’s certainly an excellent step to gather customer comments and suggestions…
December 2, 2009
GPC webcast set for 12/10/09 at 2pm EST
As we reported earlier, the Grants Policy Committee webcast is set for December 10th at 2pm. Here’s the latest agenda:
Introduction
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Reporting Overview, Lessons Learned, and Question and Answer (Q & A)
Government Accountability Office…
October 28, 2009
Transparency creates new IT challenges
As the government pushes for more transparency in operations and data delivery, IT departments must be prepared to take on significant challenges, says Dave McClure, GSA’s associate administrator for the Office of Citizen Services and Communications. Those challenges are summarized…
October 26, 2009
Grants.gov tests Adobe Reader 8.1.7 and 9.2
Grants.gov confirms that testing of Adobe’s new versions of Reader are now completed:
Adobe has released Adobe Reader versions 8.1.7 and 9.2. Grants.gov has tested both versions. An issue was identified for Mac PowerPC when using version 8.1.7. When using…
October 23, 2009
GPC, GEB to merge?
Tom Cooley, chair of the Grants Policy Committee, spoke at the NGP meeting on Tuesday (webcast available here) and mentioned that there is some discussion of the GPC and Grants Executive Board merging.
I think this would be an excellent…
EPA awards contract to align with GMLOB
In the first piece of GMLOB-oriented news I’ve heard in a long time, it appears that the EPA has awarded a contract “to transition OGD [Office of Grants and Dabarment] to a new, government-wide grants management system: the Grants Management Line of Business…