August 1, 2008

How open should open source be?

On behalf of the NIH, TCG runs a project called the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse, otherwise known as NITRC. It’s a resource for neuroimaging researchers who are developing or using software to analyze things like fMRI scans and other kinds…

Subaward Pilot IT solution identified

I just posted this over at the NGP blog and thought others may like to know about it. An alert NGP member recently forward the following e‑mail from Robert Shea of OMB to the NGP mailing list. It shows that the…
July 30, 2008

P.L. 106–107 reauthorization in progress

Cornelia Chebinou of the NGP just posted about Senators Voinovich and Lieberman’s proposed reauthorization of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act. The NGP is accepting comments on the proposed legislation to submit to Congress. I wonder what prompted this sudden…
July 21, 2008

Grants.gov summer newsletter is on the street

Another notice that was languishing in my overflowing inbox was a heads up that the Grants.gov summer newsletter is available. It’s not exactly pulp fiction for the beach but a vital read for people like us. The newsletter updates us that: The…

Compusearch highlights GMLOB “Alternative Solutions Group”

As I’m in a small hiatus between proposals, now is the perfect time to catch up on some grants news. (No fishing or watching old episodes of The Riches for me, oh no!) This little nugget has been in my mailbox…

Subaward Pilot draft documents now available

We just posted the draft Subaward Research Agreement documents from the FDP, NIH, and NSF to the NGP web site (here). Those who deal in such matters should head over there to review the draft language and provide input to…
July 18, 2008

Zimbra: Getting Away Messages to Work With Domain Alises

While most of our mail is simply sent to “person@tcg.com”, our Zimbra server has a larger qualified domain name (let’s call it “mail.tcg.com”).  To get this to work, we completely configured up the domain “mail.tcg.com” and all the users within our…
July 16, 2008

Adobe 9.0 is okay for Grants.gov

Grants.gov has finished its testing, per this announcement: Adobe Reader 9.0 is compatible with Grants.gov July 10, 2008 Testing for Adobe Reader version 9.0 is complete. Adobe Reader 9.0 is now compatible with Grants.gov. Applicants are required to have a compatible…
July 14, 2008

Grants Policy Committee goes webified!

The Grants Policy Committee just announced their new web site, with its very own three-letter government domain name (we geeks are awed by such wonders!). Check it out at www.gpc.gov. It’s got webcast archives, contact information, a breakdown of which groups…
July 12, 2008

Away at the range

A bunch of TCG people went to our local gun range today as a reward for hitting our quarterly strategy goal! We took a bunch of pictures, and I’ll add more later when we get them posted. This picture shows our armored…