July 7, 2008

Don’t use Adobe 9.0 if you want to apply for a federal grant!

Well, not yet anyway, as this announcement from Grants.gov indicates:  Adobe Reader 9.0 has been released. We are currently testing this latest version of Adobe Reader and will notify you when testing is complete. We have previously communicated the next…

Grants.gov Stakeholder webcast — July 16, 1pm-2pm

The next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast has been announced for July 16, 1pm-2pm EST. All the details are on the Grants Management Events Calendar, which you can also plug into your calendaring system by clicking here. The webcast can be viewed…

Transparency Act Subaward Pilot Conference Call, July 9, 2–4pm

I just got back from vacation and found this notice in my e‑mail. Join the call if you’re participating in the Subaward Pilot project through the NGP! Details:  Phone: 888–282-8353 Passcode: 69195 In Person: US Dept of Education, 550 12th Street…

UK government launches data mash-up

The BBC reports that the UK government is releasing terabytes of data to the country to enable users to create new ways of using it that might be beneficial to the country as a whole. This is a fantastic idea, in my…
June 10, 2008

NGP JUne 11th teleconference passcode changed!

Note that the new number is as follows: 800–857-9722 passcode 5168241…
June 9, 2008

NGP Meeting June 10th: New conference call passcode!

The passcode for tomorrow’s NGP meeting has just changed: It’s now 1–800-857‑2613 passcode 8885674. Please make a note!…
June 4, 2008

June 11th: Transparency Act Subaward Pilot conference call

The NGP has organized another conference call to discuss participation in and progress regarding the subaward reporting requirement of the Transparency Act. Get the details by clicking below, or click on the event in the Grants Management Event Calendar to…
June 3, 2008

NGP Meeting, June 10th 1.30pm-3pm

The National Grants Partnership is holding its next meeting on June 10th in downtown DC. The agenda includes Terry Hurst and Andrea Brandon discussing the Transparency Act subaward pilot, which should be quite interesting!  We’re taking over the NGP web…
May 27, 2008

SF424 form changes in Federal Register

[Thought I’d posted this last week; apparently not!]  The changes to the SF424 form set have been posted to the Federal Register. You can review them here:  SF424 R&R — http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-10797.htm SF424 Mandatory — http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-10796.htm SF424 A — http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-10798.htm SF424 B…

New Federal Grants System to Eliminate Confusion, Bureaucracy For State and Locals

While doing some research on an entirely unrelated topic, I happened upon this article from 1998: New Federal Grants System to Eliminate Confusion, Bureaucracy For State and Locals. It profiles the U.S. Electronic Grants System (EGS), a forerunner to the Federal Commons…