June 21, 2012

Automatic recursive commits in CVS for large source trees

TCG has a number of long running projects.  Some of them are still using the CVS revision control system because it is working well for our particular use case and the scope of the project doesn’t justify the cost in moving…
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…
May 23, 2012

Feds Launch Roadmap for a Digital Government

Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel today announced that the Federal government has launched a new digital government strategy that will provide a roadmap for using digital and mobile technology to improve government services and provide the American public with greater access…
May 14, 2012

Telework Exchange to Host Complimentary Webcast

The Telework Exchange, an Alexandria-based public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community has announced that it will host a complimentary Webcast titled “Ramp Up Your…
May 11, 2012

TCG Ranked #23 on 2012 Inner City 100 List

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Fortune Magazine have named TCG as one of the 100 fastest-growing inner city companies in the United States. The Inner City 100 program recognizes successful inner city companies and their CEOs as…
May 8, 2012

Telework Exchange Announces Telework Week Results

The Telework Exchange,an Alexandria-based public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community, recently announced the results for Telework Week 2012, an effort that encouraged employees…
May 7, 2012

DATA Act Sets Taxpayers Against Grants Recipients

H.R. 2146 provides no money to grantees and contractors for the reporting they will be required to do.
May 3, 2012

Lack of Documentation a Common Audit Finding

If you don't write it down, you might as well not do it when it comes to A133 audits.
May 1, 2012

TCG’s Judith Turner Elected to NGMA Board of Directors

TCG vice president Judith Turner has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Grants Management Association (NGMA). Ms. Turner and seven other new board members were voted in by NGMA’s membership at NGMA’s annual training conference, which…
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,…