October 15, 2009

Grants.gov: “Don’t use Adobe Reader 9.2 yet!”

The Grants.gov PMO has released the following notice: “Adobe has released Adobe Reader version 9.2. Grants.gov will begin testing version 9.2 to ensure compatibility. Once testing is complete we will provide you with notice. Please contact the Grants.gov Help Desk…
October 14, 2009

NGP meeting / webcast — October 20th

These are exciting times for the National Grants Partnership! A big announcement will be made by Tom Cooley of the GPC and the NGP co-chairs on October 20th, at the next meeting and webcast, so be sure to join us there. As…

Grants.gov webcast October 21st

Grants.gov’s next webcast will be on October 21st…or so Bob Beattie (aka “Cheeky Monkey”) tells me. And it’s true, too! See? Turns out that Bob is a special guest star of this webcast — the first time a non-government person will be…
September 30, 2009

GPC announces November 12th webcast

The Grants Policy Committee has announced that another webcast will be held at 2pm on November 12th. Logistical details are to be announced, but keep an eye on this page for more details.…
September 29, 2009

OMB mandating Grants.gov again?

I was unable to attend the FDP meeting last week but colleagues tell me that some mention was made of OMB’s plan to once again mandate agency use of Grants.gov for all incoming grant applications. OMB allowed agencies to use…
September 28, 2009

Interior chooses PRISM-Grants

I see today that the Department of the Interior has selected Compusearch’s PRISM-Grants product for their end-to-end grant lifecycle. From the Compusearch press release: “At the conclusion of a comprehensive analysis of all of the available options, one of which was…
July 25, 2009

NGMA calling for ARRA articles

The National Grants Management Association (NGMA) publishes a peer-reviewed bi-annual journal on a wide variety of grants management topics. They’re currently seeking new articles from the community. Here’s their information release: Call for Articles — American Recovery and Reinvestment Act The Editorial…

Grants.gov GAO report news links

GAO’s recent report about Grants.gov has garnered a lot of coverage across the web and in print. Here are some of the links I’ve been following: Senators, GAO Criticize Grants.gov [National Journal] GAO: Grants.gov has serious weaknesses [Federal Computer Week] GAO:…
July 16, 2009

ARRA grantee webcasts now scheduled

Following up from an earlier post, I see that NGMA has announced the ARRA training provided by OMB: July 20, 2009  10:00am — 12:00pm SECTION 1 — General Information 2:00pm — 4:00pm SECTION 2 — Basic Principles and Requirements of Recovery Act Recipient…
July 15, 2009

Have I moved to California?

Grants.gov held its latest webcast (I believe) at 1pm today. So how come I got an e‑mail inviting me to attend that webcast at 1.44pm? Answers in the comments, please……