October 10, 2007

Free training on neuroimaging tools clearinghouse tomorrow

If you have an interest in neuroimaging informatics tools and resources, you should attend the free, online training being held tomorrow on the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse. NITRC, as the site is known, is being built by NIH…
September 26, 2007

GSA changes tack on FederalSpending.gov solicitation. Again

FCW reports that GSA issued another modification to its solicitation for the data and system to power FederalSpending.gov by January 1st; now they just want data and no software. This is all rather inscrutable to me. From the article: “GSA…
September 25, 2007

FFATA.org launched

You wait ages for an easy way to search federal awards data and then two come along at once! Well, almost. The folks who currently support the Federal Procurement Data System — Next Generation (known as FPDS-NG) have launched a competitor…

New technology transfer resource

Sharon McLoone’s Small Business blog pointed out a great resource for entrepreneurs looking for new innovations to take to market: the iBridge Network. This is “an online searchable database with the latest news in research, technologies and findings at U.S. universities.…

GAO says LOB funding contravenes appropriations law

Chris Dorobek’s blog is proving really useful! He’s highlighted a GAO report about DHS’s use of shared services, and notes that GAO has come to quite alarming conclusions: “the legal principles are clear. [DHS] officials stated that the directorate pooled funds…

We’re aiming to save taxpayers $1 billion by 2011

We just announced our new company goal: To save taxpayers $1 billion by 2011!  You can read all about it on our Web site.  To create this goal and track our progress we’ve spent the better part of this year…
September 20, 2007

FDP starts government grantor systems wiki

FDP’s inimitable Ron Splittgerber of Colorado State has taken it upon himself to start a wiki that will document agency grant systems, interfaces, forms, and a host of other great information. The prototype is up here and will be based on data…

Brain Storming Web 2.0 at NIH

Via the ever-wonderful BCIG mailing list I got notice of this very interesting Web 2.0 initiative at NIH, which is exploring the application of those technologies at that revered (around here, anyway) agency. There’s an open discussion session being held on…
September 11, 2007

FDP: Grants.gov Update

Terry Nicolosi provided an update on the Grants.gov system. She was joined by Harsha Rao, Gary Alfano (both from General Dynamics), Doug Privelege (from Adobe), and Vince Sprouls. Lots of interesting information here, including the fact that IBM Workplace Forms…
September 10, 2007

FDP: FFATA SF-424 Forms Update

Jean Feldman talked about how the SF-424 needs to change to help FFATA compliance. Jean leads the SF424 Forms Families & FFATA Implementation Subcommittee. More after the link……