December 21, 2009

TCG’s Dan Turner to Participate in Entrepreneur Mentoring Program

TCG President Dan Turner will serve as a 2009–2010 Participant in the Entrepreneur Mentoring Program (EMP) in the Greater Philadelphia area. A partnership between the William J. Clinton Foundation and Inc. magazine, EMP facilitates structured, high-impact mentoring relationships over a one-year period between…
December 11, 2009

OMB wants your ideas on how to improve federal programs!

Via the ever-vigilant Cornelia Chebinou of the NGP and NASACT: The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has established Partner4Solutions.gov to gather solutions and best practices to improve service delivery, payment accuracy, administrative efficiency, and reduce access barriers in federally…

And back to Grants.gov we go!

Jason Miller at FederalNewsRadio reports this morning that the agencies who moved away from Grants.gov to service Recovery Act grants must start using it again by March 31. The instruction was included in budget passback language provided to agencies earlier…
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…
November 30, 2009

TCG Re-awarded GSA Schedule

TCG has been has been re-awarded its GSA Schedule Number GS-00F-0034P for a third time by the General Services Administration.  The new term of the renewal will carry the program through November 2014 and provide government agencies with continued easy access…
November 9, 2009

Upcoming FDP meetings

While we’re on a scheduling kick, here are the dates for the next FDP meetings, too: January 25–26, 2010, Washington, DC May 13–14, 2010, Washington, DC August 30–31, 2010, Washington, DC These are also on the Grants Management Events Calendar, and…

Upcoming NGMA meetings

The NGMA has scheduled several training luncheons over the next few months, all at the ever-delicious and yummifying Maggiano’s in Washington, DC. All of them will be available as tape-delay webcasts, too. Here are the dates and details: November 18,…
November 3, 2009

Inside FederalReporting.gov and the Recover Board

GovExec has a very interesting article covering the background, players, and trials in establishing FederalReporting.gov. It includes details on the reuse of EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) system to meet the requirements of the Recovery Act, and how the contractors (CGI…
November 1, 2009

Performance management reform around the corner

The Bush administration implemented the PART program, to the consternation of many, and then no-one really paid much attention to the data when it came to developing the government’s budget. Often used as a stick rather than a carrot, PART made headway…
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…