October 13, 2010

TCG’s Robert Buccigrossi Nominated as CTO Innovator of the Year

Dr. Robert “Butch” Buccigrossi, TCG’s Chief Technology Officer, has been selected as a nominee by Washington Technology and the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) for their inaugural Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Innovator of the Year award. This new program recognizes the…
August 25, 2010

LAMHDI News

The LAMHDI project (http://lamhdi.org) held its second invitation-only Animal Models and Human Disease Conference August 17–19 in Bethesda. A total of 23 scientists from universities across the country, NIH project officers from several Institutes and Centers, and TCG staff discussed ways…
June 16, 2010

LAMHDI News

LAMHDI has a new release, and has included information from the Rat Genome Database in its searchable animal models, and has added functionality that allows users to search PrimateLit for information on non-human primate models. LAMHDI has a booth at the Zebrafish…
June 8, 2010

NGMA Monthly Luncheon announced for June

Here are all the details for the next NGMA monthly training luncheon. Interesting topic again this month! Steve Erickson of the EPA will talk about “Open Government: Expanding Accountability for Federal Spending Information”. More details: “This session introduces the Open…
May 4, 2010

Knowledge management in the cloud exists in government right now

Quoting speakers at the recent Knowledge Management Conference, an article at FCW.com says that… “The combination of knowledge management and a cloud computing environment is the likely catalyst for open government” and… “the questions are: Who owns information in the cloud and…
April 28, 2010

Grants.gov — back to normal

I just returned from a little vacation to find this announcement [M‑10–16] from OMB regarding Grants.gov, confirming what many already understood: agencies are instructed to resume using Grants.gov’s “Apply” functionality for all grant programs that are eligible. This is not a surprise…

TCG Supports Intergovernmental Solutions Award Finalist

TCG is pleased to announced that one of the government programs that we support, the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business’s (BFELoB)  MAX Federal Community, is a finalist for the American Council for Technology (ACT) 2010 Intergovernmental Solutions Awards. The…
March 31, 2010

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.…
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…
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:…