June 8, 2010

NGMA Monthly Luncheon announced for June

Here are all the details for the next NGMA monthly training luncheon. Interesting topic again this month! Steve Erickson of the EPA will talk about “Open Government: Expanding Accountability for Federal Spending Information”. More details: “This session introduces the Open…
June 4, 2010

NGMA launches new web site

I’m aghast — aghast! — that NGMA has launched a new-look web site! It’s a thing of beauty and wonder. Alicia, Torryn, and crew should be very proud. Check out their slick new digs, here.…
May 31, 2010

Notes from AABPA BFELoB panel session, 5/18/2010

I popped along to the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis (AABPA) Symposium panel discussion on how people are using BFELoB-funded tools to improve their budget management activities and took some notes that I thought I’d share with the community…

FDP releases slide decks from May meeting

The FDP has made available all of the presentations from its meeting earlier in May. You can grab the whole lot here: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/fdp/PGA_057092. They include updates from NIH, NSF, Research.gov, ARO, AFOSR, among many others.…

GAO’s Recovery Act report released

Some pretty amazing numbers are included here. LIke this: “Across the United States, as of May 7, 2010, the Department of the Treasury has paid out $114.8 billion in Recovery Act funds for use in states and localities. Of that amount,…
May 11, 2010

TCG is a 2010 Inner City 100 Winner

TCG has been named by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Bloomberg BusinessWeek 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…
May 7, 2010

The Insanity of Stop Loss Market Orders and Impact on Cloud Computing

Computers around the world are ready to sell, sell, sell!  I don’t mean on-line stores, but stop loss orders. At first a stop loss order sounds great, if not a necessity: if you hold stock at $100 and you want to protect yourself,…
May 4, 2010

Knowledge management in the cloud exists in government right now

Quoting speakers at the recent Knowledge Management Conference, an article at FCW.com says that… “The combination of knowledge management and a cloud computing environment is the likely catalyst for open government” and… “the questions are: Who owns information in the cloud and…
April 28, 2010

Grants.gov — back to normal

I just returned from a little vacation to find this announcement [M‑10–16] from OMB regarding Grants.gov, confirming what many already understood: agencies are instructed to resume using Grants.gov’s “Apply” functionality for all grant programs that are eligible. This is not a surprise…

TCG Supports Intergovernmental Solutions Award Finalist

TCG is pleased to announced that one of the government programs that we support, the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business’s (BFELoB)  MAX Federal Community, is a finalist for the American Council for Technology (ACT) 2010 Intergovernmental Solutions Awards. The…