Author: Pete Sinnott
March 31, 2010
Next NGP Meeting and Webcast: May 11th
I neglected to post earlier that the National Grants Partnership’s next meeting is on May 11th, 1.30pm‑3.00pm, on the usual BatChannel (http://acrobat.tcg.com/thengp). Registration is free but required for those attending in person at the Department of Education in Washington, DC,…
NGMA wants some Hemingways
Maybe not so much with the drunkenness and philandering, but if you’ve got a way with words and a grants management topic that you just have to talk about! then the NGMA Journal folks want to hear from you. To whit:
The Editorial…
FDP May 2010 registration now open
Get your hotel room while you can! Click on this link — http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Agenda.aspx?i=8f9fcf86-4805–4f7a-bab1-2dae2ae4d35c — to register.…
OMB Releases Updated Guidance on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Via our friends at the NGMA…
On March 22, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum outlining updated guidance on the Recovery Act. This Memorandum:
Highlights the steps Federal agencies must take to review data quality of recipient…
March 19, 2010
2010 Excellence.Gov Awards Top 20 Announced
Just received the good word from ACT-IAC that the top 20 finalists for this year’s Excellence.Gov Awards can be announced. So here goes…!
Each year, the Excellence.Gov Awards recognize the federal government’s best IT projects. This year’s theme, “Game Changers: Significant…
March 15, 2010
GAO issues FFATA report
On Friday GAO issued its expected report on FFATA. The summary is here and the full document is available here. The key findings are that:
Subaward data isn’t close to be collected, and should be
Data quality is questionable, with most…
February 23, 2010
2010 Excellence.Gov Awards registration now open
The Excellence.Gov Awards recognize the very best in government IT programs every year, and registration for this year’s awards luncheon is now open at the ACT/IAC web site. The event will be held on April 29, starting at 11.30am. (Disclosure:…
Tom Cooley joining Deloitte
I thought others would be interested to learn that Tom Cooley, former CFO of the National Science Foundation, chair of the Grants Policy Committee, and mover-‘n’-shaker in grants management in general, is set to join Deloitte & Touché. More information is…
February 9, 2010
NGMA webcast moved to 2/17/10 (confirmed)
This is still in flux a little but the NGMA webcast scheduled for tomorrow (February 10th) is tentatively rescheduled to February 17th. NGMA will confirm this soon, I’m sure.
Update 2/9/10 14:52: The rescheduled meeting is now confirmed for 2/17/10. All existing…
February 4, 2010
NGP requests Grants.gov improvement suggestions
From our friends at the National Grants Partnership:
The team at Grants.gov is soliciting your input to the below questions concerning the next generation of Grants.gov. We would appreciate if you could provide you thoughts to thengp@aol.com no later than…