December 27, 2011

Standardized Grants Forms: It’s Hard to Make It Easy

Council on Financial Assistance Reform is trying to make it easier for people and organizations to apply for financial assistance.

Identifying Grants Fraud an Updated Old-fashioned Way

Recovery.gov has been touting its ability to identify waste and fraud in Recovery Act grants, and other grantmaking efforts are taking note. But the most successful methods are also the old-fashioned ones (albeit updated with technology). The outgoing head of…
December 21, 2011

GATB Proposes Standard Grants Identification System

Government Accountability & Transparency Board addresses grants in first report.
November 30, 2011

Like the new design?

Thanks to the great work of our friend Hadley Langosy, Behind the Curtain at TCG now sports a spanky new look! Aside from being a lot nicer to read, posts are now easier to share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and…
September 25, 2011

Telecommuting Is About Productivity, Not Pajamas

A company called CareerBuilder “the U.S.‘s largest online job site,” sent out a news release this month with the headline “Nearly One-in-Five Americans Who Work From Home Spend One Hour a Day or Less Working, CareerBuilder Survey Finds.” The question CareerBuilder tried…
September 23, 2011

How much does a government employee cost?

What does our federal workforce cost us? It’s a hard question to answer, because the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t say what the loaded cost is. BLS says the average federal salary is $35.65/hour (see their website), but that isn’t the…
September 16, 2011

Old News Is Good News!

Even in today’s world of instant communications, sometimes news still travels slowly. TCG recently learned that it had been recognized by Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 20 Small Technology Companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area in…
September 14, 2011

TCG Is a 2011 WBJ 50 Fastest Growing Company

TCG has been named by the Washington Business Journal as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Washington region for 2011. This is TCG’s first time on the list, which is based on consecutive growth over the last…
September 13, 2011

TCG Ranked #11 on Washington Business Journal List of Small Technology Companies

TCG has been recognized by Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 20 Small Technology Companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for the third year in a row. TCG is ranked 11th on the list, which is based on…
August 31, 2011

TCG Ranked on Inc. 5000 for Fourth Year in a Row

TCG has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States for the fourth year in a row. The company was also on the Inc. 5000 in 2010, 2009, 2008, and the Inc. 500…