Category: Grants Management

July 18, 2006

Grants.gov to use E‑Authentication

GCN reports on Grants.gov’s plans to expand the number of credential providers servicing their user authentication requirements, thereby aligning with the E‑Authentication initiative. User authentication is different to user validation. The latter is simply an exchange of username and password.…
July 13, 2006

Awards database legislation passes the House

As reported in GCN, the Blunt/Davis bill to create a single database of federal assistance awards has passed the House and will be considered by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  More transparency in the federal funding process…
July 7, 2006

Grants.gov gets new look-n-feel

Grants.gov just got a make-over. Check out the new-look site!…
July 3, 2006

UVM grantee jailed for false research

Well, here’s something you don’t see often: a federal grantee has been thrown in the slammer for falsifying research in order to secure $3 million in federal funding! NIH’s own Dr. Sally Rockey said, ’ ”science itself is compromised” when a researcher falsifies…
February 28, 2006

Little data about response grants

GovExec has reported on GAO’s finding that Federal agencies don’t know enough about how well their emegency preparedness grants are performing. It includes a quote that really is applicable to every grant program on the face of the planet: Federal, state…
February 27, 2006

Job available: Chief, Financial Standards and Grants Branch at OMB

I see that OMB has posted an announcement an announcement for the position of Branch Chief of the Financial Standards and Grants Branch. There’s an ongoing debate about the relationship between financial management and grants management, and this position is…
February 24, 2006

Congressman Wu: “Federal Dollars Should Benefit The Whole, Not Just Majority” — (Medford Article)

I see that Oregon Congressman David Wu has sent a letter has sent a letter about Grants.gov’s Mac compatibility issue to Joshua Bolten, Director of OMB: I am personally troubled by the overarching discrimination against Mac-users simply because they are considered the minority.…
February 13, 2006

Mac solution for Grants.gov

Over at my personal blog, where I mirror the grants-related posts I make here, Dave Schroeder of the University of Wisconin published this happy news: The University of Wisconsin has released a standalone package for using Grants.gov on Mac OS X as a service…

Grants.gov won’t be platform-agnostic

Yesterday I posted about a Washington Post article that was highly critical of Grants.gov’s inability to provide e‑forms for the Mac platform. One comment on that post really set me thinking. Claus Wilkes noted that while a Mac e‑forms client would help, the…
February 12, 2006

Washington Post slams Grants.gov’s Mac Woes

Looks like the mainstream press has caught wind of Grants.gov’s electronic forms Mac compatibility problems: The Washington Post’s Federal Page features an article about it tomorrow. The article is unfortunately sensationalist and is factually incorrect as a result — Grants.gov is…