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May 7, 2012
DATA Act Sets Taxpayers Against Grants Recipients
H.R. 2146 provides no money to grantees and contractors for the reporting they will be required to do.
May 3, 2012
Lack of Documentation a Common Audit Finding
If you don't write it down, you might as well not do it when it comes to A133 audits.
May 1, 2012
TCG’s Judith Turner Elected to NGMA Board of Directors
TCG vice president Judith Turner has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Grants Management Association (NGMA). Ms. Turner and seven other new board members were voted in by NGMA’s membership at NGMA’s annual training conference, which…
April 12, 2012
TCG’s Nina Preuss Is a Women In Technology Leadership Award Finalist
TCG project manager Nina Preuss has been named by Women In Technology (WIT) as one of 49 finalists for its 13th Annual Leadership Awards. The awards honor women who have excelled as mentors, leaders, and role models in the Washington,…
March 31, 2012
Project: Facebook Data Liberation — Part 4 — Reading Feeds
Back in Part 1, I explained why I’m making this HTML5 application. The condensed version of the story so far is that I’m making is a web/mobile app that can read a running/fitness Facebook group feed. Now we are up to Part 4 where…
March 30, 2012
Embracing the Tag Pattern on Social Sites
I’ve conditioned myself to use keyboard shortcuts whenever possible. I think it’s a lot faster to keep your hands on the keys whenever possible. When I’m trying to help someone with a computer problem, though, I stay quiet about how this or that keyboard…
Project: Facebook Data Liberation — Part 3 — Authentication
There are a few ways to work with the Facebook API in a HTML5 application. You can use their JavaScript SDK, you can do the integration on the server side, or you can make direct calls with your own JavaScript functions. I'm going to use that last technique.
TCG’s Judith Turner Nominated to NGMA Board of Directors
TCG vice president Judith Turner has been nominated to the Board of Directors of the National Grants Management Association (NGMA). Ms. Turner is one of seven candid ates the NGMA nominating committee chose for the new board. The full slate…
March 29, 2012
Project: Facebook Data Liberation — Part 2
Back in Part 1 I explained why I’m making this HTML5 application. The condensed version of what I’m making is a web/mobile app that can read a running/fitness Facebook group feed, display the complete list of posts in it, and scan all the content…
March 28, 2012
GAO to FEMA: Make Sure Grants Programs Do Not Overlap
The GAO can't tell whether four of FEMA's grants programs overlap, because FEMA doesn't collect enough information on recipients.