Category: Saving the Taxpayer Money
August 2, 2011
OMB Seeks Comments
In the July 28, 2011 Federal Register, OMB requested comments on the renewal of the SF-425, Federal Financial Report. They are particularly interested in comments on how the SF-425 and SF-426A are an improvement over the data collections they replaced…
July 26, 2011
FDP Posts Draft Agenda for September Meeting
The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), which is an association of federal agencies, academic research institutions, and research policy organizations that works to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research, has posted a draft agenda for the FDP’s September 2011 meeting on…
July 22, 2011
New Studies Tout Telework’s Positive Impact on Productivity
Because telework has so much upside and helps save taxpayers’ money, TCG has long been a fierce advocate of this practice and we’re always pleased to pass on news about telework’s benefits to our readers. Federal Computer Week has just posted…
July 18, 2011
NIH BCIG Announces Fall 2011 Program
The NIH Biomedical Computing Interest Group (BCIG) has announced its Fall 2011 Program. All sessions are free and open to the public. For more information visit the BCIG home page.
Fall 2011 Program
Sep 1: BCIG Brainstorming Power Breakfast (unstructured…
July 15, 2011
Grants.gov Announces Stakeholder Webcast
Grants.gov has announced that its next Stakeholder Webcast will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. This meeting will be a webcast only and registration is NOT required. The program agenda is as follows: …
July 6, 2011
AGA Call for Volunteers: Candidate Assessment Tool for Grants Managers
The Association of Government Accountants (AGA) is launching a new project to help identify accomplished grants managers. AGA just issued a call for volunteers to develop a “Candidate Assessment Tool” for use by managers at all levels of government in screening candidates…
GPA Announces 13th Annual Conference and Expo
The Grants Professionals Association (GPA) has announced that the 13th Annual GPA Conference & Expo and CharityChannel Summit will be held at the Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, October 5–8, 2011. This event, which will feature 50 plus workshops for…
June 15, 2011
NITRC Passes Milestone
NITRC–the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse–recently passed the 3,000 registered users level and now has 383 registered tools available for users. TCG built and operates NITRC for NIH. Under this contract, TCG established a web-based clearinghouse for neuroimaging analysis tools,…
June 13, 2011
All your Federal reporting are belong to us
Wow! Well, it looks like government reporting may be changing significantly if Rep. Darrell Issa’s proposed new DATA Act legislation is passed (summary here). This act will consolidate the tracking and reporting of all Federal spending, on contracts, grants, loans,…
June 3, 2011
Give a Hoot — Don’t Commute!
Our company purpose is to “Save Time.“This is best embodied by our animosity towards daily commutes. The concept is a terrible one — it leads to communities where people don’t know each other, where businesses fail even though they’re surrounded by…