Category: Government Technology
January 29, 2008
Grants.gov now REQUIRES Adobe Reader 8.1.1
This is a very important announcement regarding compatibility of various versions of Adobe Reader with Grants.gov. Please take note!
Important Software Version Announcement: Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Required
When applying with Adobe Reader applications on Grants.gov, it is now required to download Adobe…
December 13, 2007
FFATA Web site launched: USASpending.gov
‘Tis a momentous day for followers of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) as the Web site that meets the January 1st deadline stated in the law has been launched! USASpending.gov allows users to search grants and contracts (loans…
December 12, 2007
Grants.gov posts Adobe tutorial
Just got this from the Grants.gov mailing list. Good to see these things appearing!
We continue to update the Grants.gov site to reflect the transition from PureEdge to Adobe. You may want to take a few minutes to view our new…
December 4, 2007
Questions for GMLOB consortia leads
In October OMB released its new guidance so each agency can conduct a fit/gap analysis between its grants management needs and the capabilities of GMLOB consortia leads (Education, HHS/ACF, and NSF right now). That guidance includes templates to help agencies map…
NGP Releases Grants Management Standards White Paper
How did I miss this until now?! The latest National Grants Partnership white paper as been released, titled, The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards [PDF]. From the executive summary:
In an effort to achieve [the goals of grants streamlining] and…
December 3, 2007
Cheap Microsoft and Parallels licenses for NIH users/contractors
This is an interesting tidbit: If you work at the National Institutes of Health as an employee or contractor, you are probably eligible for discounted license prices on many Microsoft products and Parallels Desktop for Mac, or so CIT’s latest…
November 30, 2007
Next NGP Meeting: Monday 12/3/07
The next NGP meeting is on Monday. I can’t attend (TCG’s annual planning meeting odyssey starts Sunday) but that should only encourage you to go yourself! The new NGP white paper, “The Need for Federal Grants Management Standards,” will be formally…
November 13, 2007
OMB details spending database instructions
The inimitable Jason Miller of FCW has just detailed the latest on FFATA and FedSpending.gov. Highlights here are:
OMB wants agencies to test their processes for submission of data to FPDS-NG and FAADS
GSA awarded a contract to Global Computing Enterprises to build…
November 6, 2007
Grant Application, Rejected as 46 Minutes Late, May Cost Some Students
Oh dear. The exact reasons why the application were late are not stated in this article but I think two of the comments have it spot-on:
This is why my institution requires all electronically-submitted federal grants to be completed 7 business days…
Reminder: Excellence.Gov Awards nominations due November 16th
I’m co-chairing the 2008 Excellence.Gov Awards, with Andy Lieber of Grant Thornton, and last Friday we extended the nomination deadline to Friday November 16. So get your nominations in, at www.actgov.org/excellencegovawards. For all the info you need, click to continue…