Category: Grants Management
October 15, 2009
Grants.gov: “Don’t use Adobe Reader 9.2 yet!”
The Grants.gov PMO has released the following notice:
“Adobe has released Adobe Reader version 9.2. Grants.gov will begin testing version 9.2 to ensure compatibility. Once testing is complete we will provide you with notice. Please contact the Grants.gov Help Desk…
October 14, 2009
NGP meeting / webcast — October 20th
These are exciting times for the National Grants Partnership! A big announcement will be made by Tom Cooley of the GPC and the NGP co-chairs on October 20th, at the next meeting and webcast, so be sure to join us there.…
Grants.gov webcast October 21st
Grants.gov’s next webcast will be on October 21st…or so Bob Beattie (aka “Cheeky Monkey”) tells me. And it’s true, too! See? Turns out that Bob is a special guest star of this webcast — the first time a non-government person will be…
September 30, 2009
GPC announces November 12th webcast
The Grants Policy Committee has announced that another webcast will be held at 2pm on November 12th. Logistical details are to be announced, but keep an eye on this page for more details.…
September 29, 2009
OMB mandating Grants.gov again?
I was unable to attend the FDP meeting last week but colleagues tell me that some mention was made of OMB’s plan to once again mandate agency use of Grants.gov for all incoming grant applications.
OMB allowed agencies to use…
September 28, 2009
Interior chooses PRISM-Grants
I see today that the Department of the Interior has selected Compusearch’s PRISM-Grants product for their end-to-end grant lifecycle. From the Compusearch press release:
“At the conclusion of a comprehensive analysis of all of the available options, one of which was…
July 25, 2009
NGMA calling for ARRA articles
The National Grants Management Association (NGMA) publishes a peer-reviewed bi-annual journal on a wide variety of grants management topics. They’re currently seeking new articles from the community. Here’s their information release:
Call for Articles — American Recovery and Reinvestment Act The Editorial…
Grants.gov GAO report news links
GAO’s recent report about Grants.gov has garnered a lot of coverage across the web and in print. Here are some of the links I’ve been following:
Senators, GAO Criticize Grants.gov [National Journal]
GAO: Grants.gov has serious weaknesses [Federal Computer Week]
GAO:…
July 16, 2009
ARRA grantee webcasts now scheduled
Following up from an earlier post, I see that NGMA has announced the ARRA training provided by OMB:
July 20, 2009
10:00am — 12:00pm SECTION 1 — General Information
2:00pm — 4:00pm SECTION 2 — Basic Principles and Requirements of Recovery…
July 15, 2009
Have I moved to California?
Grants.gov held its latest webcast (I believe) at 1pm today. So how come I got an e‑mail inviting me to attend that webcast at 1.44pm?
Answers in the comments, please……