May 7, 2008

NIH seeking an “Electronic Grant Applications” system

Back in March NIH released a sources sought notice for “Electronic Grant Applications.” You can review it here. This notice asked industry to submit capability statements for the analysis and development of a system that would enable grantees to submit grant applications…

NIH eRA GMLOB appeal granted

I just got wind of this notice from NIH’s Nexus newsletter. It says it all. This is excellent news for all the agencies concerned! eRA Grants Management Line of Business Appeal Granted The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently granted…
May 6, 2008

NIH procuring grants systems engineering help

One of the larger, if not the largest, grants management system in government is run by the NIH. It’s called the Electronic Research Administration (eRA…yes, with a small ‘e’) and you can read all about it here. NIH is currently recompeting…

AWARD — off-the-shelf grant evaluation software

Thanks to Matt Jillings at Compusearch, I recently met John Thompson and Kristen Chhim of Commerce Decisions, an English company that produces procurement source selection and performance monitoring systems for the British government, called AWARD. (By the way, I find myself intensely…

GMLOB alliances: The story updated

Back in March I posted about the various MOUs signed between agencies and GMLOB providers. Alice Stewart of Management Concepts has been researching this, and I’ve been very remiss in not updating the list. So I’m fixing that now! Additions are…
April 28, 2008

Grantium conference and news

Grantium’s got a lot on its plate these days! They have just announced their first North American G3 User Conference, to be held at the Hyatt in Bethesda, Maryland, from June 11th to 13th. You can go here to review the…
April 16, 2008

Shared services = standard services

Rant alert. Larry Neff is the Deputy CFO at DOT, which runs an FMLOB shared services center. In this FCW article he makes it clear what the mission of these government shared service centers is: …Neff said, agencies that require…
April 2, 2008

Grants.gov Stakeholders Webcast — April 16th

Just got this notice (and entered it on the Grants Management Events Calendar): Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. This meeting will be a webcast only…
March 28, 2008

Updated FFATA Subaward Pilot meeting information

More details on the FFATA Subaward Pilot project have been announced. The original announcement is here. Apparently the pilot project is scheduled to start June 23 and end August 23, 2008. If you are interested in participating, join the meeting…
March 27, 2008

GPC Webcast available soon

I missed the GPC webcast last week due to another commitment, and didn’t know about the problem that was mentioned in the Grants.gov mailing list yesterday: Yesterday’s Webcast was unable to be viewed outside of HUD due to an unfortunate and…