Category: Government Technology
January 16, 2007
Excellence.Gov Awards top 5 decided / speaker announcement soon!
This morning the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards judges settled on the top 5 award winners. I can’t tell you who they are — for that you’ll need to attend the February 20 lunch at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington DC (registration details are…
US Senate ethics bill amendments push for net-based transparency
Several amendments to the Senate’s Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act (S. 1) are pushing for more proceedings, video, transcripts, reports, and other Congressional activities to be made available on the Web, so FCW reports. This is part of the Democrat’s…
January 15, 2007
Grants.gov’s Windows limitation on Slashdot
I see that Grants.gov’s Windows limitation has been mentioned on Slashdot today. Odd that it should appear now, when Grants.gov’s on the road to making it a non-issue by April, but also interesting to see tech-ire in the wild!…
January 9, 2007
2007 Excellence.Gov Awards finalists announced
We just announced the finalists for the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards! The competition was stiff this year, with more nominations than any prior year and many deserving projects. On February 20 (11.30am — 2pm, Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington DC), we’ll…
January 2, 2007
Government Futures
Government Futures is a relatively new site intends to create dialog and encourage participation in modernizing government. Founded by Bruce McConnell and Margaret Anderson, both well-known faces in DC’s IT circles, the site features micropolls, blogs, and white papers on issues…
Wayne State publishes neat‑o Grants.gov Newsletter
I just found this on Google and thought it might be useful for anyone else looking for Grants.gov research grant application information!
Wayne State University’s Sponsored Programs Administration office wishes to help its researchers make a smooth transition to the new grants.gov…
E‑Gov performance measures
OMB released performance metrics for all of the e‑gov initiatives last month, including Grants.gov. Accurate measurement of program performance has been a missing component of government IT for many years. In judging the Excellence.Gov Awards, a common criticism is that nominations fail…
December 6, 2006
Stacie Boyd leads NSF grants efforts, leaves OMB
Stacie Boyd has left her post as an OMB E‑Gov portfolio manager to lead governmentwide grants management initiatives at the National Science Foundation. Tim Young will take over her responsibilities at OMB, which included Disaster Management, E‑Vital, Geospatial One-Stop, Grants.gov…
November 30, 2006
Excellence.Gov Awards nominations now close 12/8/2006!
We’ve extended the nomination deadline for those folks still recovering from turkey-induced stupor! Go to the Excellence.Gov Awards web site and download the form to get started.…
November 29, 2006
NIH R01 Grant Applications Go Electronic
Big news from NIH as they officially announce the switch to all-electronic submissions through Grants.gov. Training will be held on December 5th, and there are some interesting notes in the press release:
The transition to electronic submission is complex. It…