February 12, 2008

FFATA GoLive! lunch, with the NGMA

I should have posted this a couple of days ago, so you’ll need to act quickly if you want to attend this event. The NGMA is hosting a very interesting-sounding lunch on Thursday (Valentine’s Day…awww!), with Terry Hurst of HHS as the speaker: …

Get help for your hometown

You’re probably asking yourself, “What’s the deal with the woman playing a piano?” And, if you’re not asking that question, you’re too incurious for your own good.  Anyway, I got a very interesting e‑mail from a lady called Jessica Pieciul (who I assume works for Hometown…
February 11, 2008

Grants.gov compatible with Adobe Reader 8.1.2

Just a tidbit this morning: Grants.gov has announced that they have tested Adobe Reader 8.1.2 with their forms and submission process, and all is well. So feel free to upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader (after checking with your…
February 5, 2008

OFFM issues new grants management strategic plan

OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is responsible for all financial and grants management policy in the US federal government. They have just published their new five year plan (here). Here’s what it has to say about grants management. …

9 GMLOB MOUs signed; others appealing

The inimitable Jason Miller at Washington Technology reports that:  The policy guidance [issued by OMB as passback language to agencies alongside the FY09 budget request also addressed the Grants Management Line of Business. Agencies were to have chosen one of…
January 30, 2008

FedRegister notice on SF424 R&R changes coming

On the Grants.gov mailing list yesterday, Vince Sprouls noted that:  “The SF424 R&R changes are going forward for the 60-day Notice publication this week and hopefully will be published within about a week after that.”  These changes primarily relate to additional data fields…
January 29, 2008

Grants.gov now REQUIRES Adobe Reader 8.1.1

This is a very important announcement regarding compatibility of various versions of Adobe Reader with Grants.gov. Please take note!  Important Software Version Announcement: Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Required When applying with Adobe Reader applications on Grants.gov, it is now required to download Adobe…
January 16, 2008

Grants.gov Winter 2008 Newsletter now available

You can get it here. Although surely it should be “January 2008 Newsletter”, unless they’re way ahead of schedule or I’m way behind.  I didn’t make it to the Grants.gov Webcast today. If you did, let us know what happened in…
January 9, 2008

Grants.gov Webcast announced — 1/16/08 13:00 EST

Happy New Year, everyone! I just got back from vacation and received this delightful missive:  Please join us for the next Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. This meeting will be a webcast…
December 14, 2007

USASpending.gov garners praise from Congress

More from Jason Miller at FCW about the launch of USASpending.gov, including very complimentary comments from Tom Coburn and Tom Davis (These are very rare, so worth collecting!)…