Author: Pete Sinnott

July 18, 2006

Federal Transition Framework

OMB has released the Federal Transition Framework, which aims to consolidate information about cross-agency initiatives into one catalog. This is useful for agencies who need to align budgets with these initiatives and demonstrate they’ve done so through their EAs.  Right now…
July 13, 2006

Awards database legislation passes the House

As reported in GCN, the Blunt/Davis bill to create a single database of federal assistance awards has passed the House and will be considered by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  More transparency in the federal funding process…
July 10, 2006

Federal Transition Framework briefing

The government’s Chief Enterprise Architect, Dick Burk, is giving a briefing on the Federal Transition Framework (FTF) on Thursday, and it’s open to anyone with an interest in Federal enterprise architecture. Check out the FedBizOpps posting for all the details. Many…
July 7, 2006

Grants.gov gets new look-n-feel

Grants.gov just got a make-over. Check out the new-look site!…
July 3, 2006

UVM grantee jailed for false research

Well, here’s something you don’t see often: a federal grantee has been thrown in the slammer for falsifying research in order to secure $3 million in federal funding! NIH’s own Dr. Sally Rockey said, ’ ”science itself is compromised” when a researcher falsifies…
March 2, 2006

Biosecurity & Biodefense Organizations Resource — Federation of American Scientists

[Via FCW’s Blogs] I see that the Federation of American Scientists has set up the Biosecurity & Biodefense Organizations Resource, “an internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research. The organizations listed here represent various perspectives on what actions individual…

Fort Detrick Neighbors Jittery Over Expansion

Following up from the increasing concern over BU’s BL‑4 facility, residents around Fort Detrick are starting to get nervous about the Interagency Biodefense Campus that’s planned there. Technorati : Interagency Biodefense Campus, USAMRIID, biosafety, bl‑4, fort detrick…
February 28, 2006

Little data about response grants

GovExec has reported on GAO’s finding that Federal agencies don’t know enough about how well their emegency preparedness grants are performing. It includes a quote that really is applicable to every grant program on the face of the planet: Federal, state…
February 27, 2006

Job available: Chief, Financial Standards and Grants Branch at OMB

I see that OMB has posted an announcement an announcement for the position of Branch Chief of the Financial Standards and Grants Branch. There’s an ongoing debate about the relationship between financial management and grants management, and this position is…
February 24, 2006

Malcolm Gladwell’s started blogging

[Via BoingBoing] Malcolm Gladwell’s books, The Tipping Point and Blink, were extremely compelling, well-informed writing that I think should be mandatory for anyone interested in social change and better decision-making. He’s now started a blog to, as he puts it, “elaborate and…