Category: Science Research IT
January 28, 2015
Nina Preuss, Mover and Shaker, to Talk NITRC at NIH
Coming soon to NIH’s Building 50, room 1328/1334 — Nina Preuss! Marvel as she talks about how “Researchers Openly Share Tools and Data for Neuroimaging Research”! Gasp when she describes the Neuroimaging Informatics and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC)! Cheer when it…
March 18, 2014
TCG CTO Dr. Butch Honored at 2014 Washington SmartCEO Executive Management Awards Ceremony
TCG’s Chief Technology Officer, Robert “Butch” Buccigrossi, Ph.D., was honored as a winner at Washington SmartCEO’s 2014 Executive Management Awards ceremony. “Dr. Butch” and the other award winners were feted at the ceremony, which was held on March 13, 2014 at…
July 16, 2013
BHAG Update: TCG Nears Halfway Point toward Goal of Saving U.S. Taxpayers $1 Billion
TCG is nearing the halfway point of its big hairy audacious goal (BHAG) to save U.S. taxpayers $1 billion by 2016. So far TCG has saved the government in excess of $429 million by automating once-costly processes, using time-saving and…
January 29, 2013
TCG’s NITRC Team Launches Cloud-based Science Research Platform on Amazon Web Services Marketplace
TCG announced today that the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse Computational Environment (NITRC-CE) is now available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. NITRC-CE offers neuroscience researchers the convenience, speed, and savings of cloud-based computing against public and private neuroinformatics…
December 20, 2012
TCG’s Tchad Moore Named NITAAC Contract Communications CAG Co-chair
TCG business development executive Tchad Moore has been selected as co-chair of the Communications Community Action Group (CAG) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Technology Assessment and Acquisition Center (NITAAC). NITAAC operates several government-wide acquisition contracts, including CIO-SP3 Unrestricted,…
July 30, 2012
NIH Awards CIO-SP3 SB Prime Contract to TCG
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Technology Assessment and Acquisition Center (NITAAC) has awarded TCG a 10-year contract with a ceiling of $20 billion to provide health IT and other IT-related support services under its Chief Information Officer-Solutions & Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3…
June 28, 2012
TCG’s Tchad Moore Recognized by AFCEA Bethesda
TCG’s Tchad Moore has been recognized by the Bethesda Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA Bethesda) for his contributions in helping set a fundraising record for the group’s annual gala to benefit The Children’s Inn at the…
May 31, 2012
ORCID Proposes Unique Identifiers For Scientific Authors
Uniquely identifying people in an electronic database can be a very hard problem. I ran into this problem on my first project with TCG and it has come up a number of times since then. Given a large enough sample size, you can find…
April 12, 2012
TCG’s Nina Preuss Is a Women In Technology Leadership Award Finalist
TCG project manager Nina Preuss has been named by Women In Technology (WIT) as one of 49 finalists for its 13th Annual Leadership Awards. The awards honor women who have excelled as mentors, leaders, and role models in the Washington,…
March 27, 2012
How To Build an Online Community
One key to the success of the NITRC web site is the strong community support we have from it’s target audience: neuroscience researchers. This didn’t happen overnight. There were a lot of steps that led up to where we are now, and…