April 10, 2009

FederalNewsRadio story on latest Grants.gov memo

Jason Miller of FederalNewsRadio has more details about the memo OMB released yesterday (with some quotes from OMB’s Tom Gavin, yours truly, and Mark Ace of Cayuse). Text story, audio story. Apparently OMB expects four agencies — Education, DHS, Justice,…
April 9, 2009

OMB directs agencies to pay for Grants.gov improvements

OMB released a new memo last night, directing agencies to provide past-due and new funds to support the improvement of Grants.gov. Attachment A of the memo shows that OMB expects agencies to send over $12 million to Grants.gov by April 13th, $6…
April 3, 2009

Grants.gov schedules webcast for April 15

The next Grants.gov webcast will be on April 15 at 1pm EDT. No registration is required. Just click here at 1pm on April 15th! Here’s the agenda: Introduction Grants.gov Quarterly Update Grants.gov and the Recovery Act Grants.gov Recently Accomplished System…
April 2, 2009

Next NGP meeting — June 9, 2009

The next NGP meeting will be on June 9, 2009. When the agenda is released, don’t forget to register!…

Buying COTS grants management systems, and aligning with GMLOB

A couple of years ago I made some presentations at the NGMA Conference, and posted them here via Slideshare. That system tells me that the presentations are getting a lot of views lately. As it’s clearly of interest again, I thought it might…

Grantium announces “Find & Apply Portal” alternative to Grants.gov

Grantium has now issued its own press release (following from that issued by CGI Federal a while ago) about their alternative solution to Grants.gov, called the Find & Apply Portal. Grantium’s Grants Find & Apply Portal is an alternative solution to Grants.gov, delivering…
April 1, 2009

Earl Warrington/Recovery.gov speaking at NGMA meeting today

Earl Warrington, Program Manager for Recovery.gov, is speaking at today’s National Grants Management Association training luncheon. Should be an interesting talk. If you didn’t get a chance to register, never fear! A webcast of the event will be available on a tape-delay basis.*…

Grants.gov hits new highs, and tracks Recovery Act opportunities

Two great pieces of news hit the Grants.gov blog yesterday: Grants.gov has experienced an unprecedented volume on the website. The hits on the site have increased 115% from December 08 (800K) to March 09 (1.8M). In the three week period…
March 31, 2009

NGP meeting & webcast today 1.30pm

Just a reminder that the National Grants Partnership hosts a regular meeting today at 1.30pm. If you haven’t registered to attend in person, don’t worry! You can view the webcast at no cost. For more information on this, check the agenda. Here’s…

We will return to Grants.gov, say several agencies

The Federal Times published an article yesterday with some interesting quotes and comments from several federal agencies who are now accepting grant applications through home-grown systems rather than using Grants.gov. Of those interviewed by The Federal Times, the consensus appears…