May 5, 2011

Why 0.99999… = 1, proof, and limits

If you took calculus, believe it or not, you have the tools to prove that 0.9999… = 1 .  Think back to the concept of a “limit.”  OK, I really don’t expect you to remember it, so please be patient as…
May 4, 2011

TCG Exhibits at NGMA Conference

TCG exhibited at the National Grants Management Association’s (NGMA) 32nd Annual Grants Management Training Conference at the Hershey Lodge and Conference Center in Hershey, PA, May 1–4, 2011. The conference was attended by over 300 grants professionals—representing both grantors and…
April 20, 2011

LAMHDI Exhibits at Experimental Biology Conference

LAMHDI, the initiative to Link Animal Models to Human DIsease, exhibited at the recent Experimental Biology conference at the Washington Convention Center in DC. The conference attracted well over 10,000 researchers, students, exhibitors, and practitioners, many of whom visited the…
February 18, 2011

FDP January presentations now online

The Federal Demonstration Partnership held its last meeting in late January, and all the presentations are now available on their web site. There’s some very informative data here: Updates from NIH, NSF, NASA, ONR, AFOSR, and USDA The Future of the Grants…

Thompson launches new grants blog

Thompson Publishing is responsible for the Federal Grants Management Handbook, the bible of anyone with responsibility in managing government grants and ensuring compliance to agency and Federal law and regulations. They’ve now launched Funding Attractions, a new blog that will post…
February 14, 2011

AABPA announces Spring Symposium for May 11th, 2011

The AABPA symposia are always informative and helpful, with some excellent speakers. Details of the spring gathering were just sent out. Here’re the details: Refine, Retool, Collaborate: The Future is Now Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, NW,…
February 8, 2011

AABPA discussion on the President’s budget and fiscal reform

AABPA has just announced an extremely interesting topic for their February 17th program meeting. Here are the details: A Discussion: The President’s Budget and Fiscal Reform with Maya MacGuineasPresident of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Director of the…
January 26, 2011

Rumors of a new cloud-based grants filing initiative

Mark Forman, the former OMB leader responsible for initiation of the Grants Management Line of Business (GMLoB), has announced that he will be “joining a colleague of mine in government reform, jumping into the cloud, with a cloud-computing initiative around grants filing.”…
January 20, 2011

Grants.gov webcast — now 2/2/11 at 1pm

Head on over to http://videocast.nih.gov at 1pm on February 2nd to join the Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast. Looks like an interesting agenda: Introduction – Webcast Participants  Grant.gov Status Update  Grants.gov/Grantsolution Partnership Grantsolution Services Grants.gov/COE Discussion Grants.gov Support Q&A – Questions from…
January 4, 2011

Executive Leaders Radio Issues Case Study about TCG’s Dan Turner

Executive Leaders Radio, which airs on Washington, DC’s WHFS 1580 AM, has issued a case study about TCG President Dan Turner. The case study, which highlights how Mr. Turner built TCG into the success story that it is today by “delegating…