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April 12, 2022
UX and UI: How They’re Different and How They Work Together
The terms User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) are often used interchangeably (ex. “We provide UX/UI support”). However, these are separate and distinct concepts. UX is the process of researching and asking questions about your users in order to…
March 24, 2022
Our Social and Environmental Impact: TCG’s 2021 Annual Benefit Report
TCG became a Certified Benefit Corporation in 2019. The certification uses standards from B Lab to rigorously assess TCG’s social and environmental impact, accountability and transparency, giving us a way to evaluate the actual impact we’re having. In turn, this allows us to…
March 22, 2022
TCG Leads Environmental Sustainability for the Federal Government and Its Partners
March is B Corp Month and TCG is highlighting some of the ways that we work to improve the world around us.
In December of 2021, the White House released an Executive Order (EO) to promote sustainability in the Federal government.…
February 14, 2022
TMF Creates Opportunity to Jumpstart Shared Service Offerings
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) was established to provide agencies with the means to transform their IT systems and ultimately better serve the American public. The fund provides approved projects with incremental funding (up to a fixed amount) that is meant…
November 29, 2021
Improve Data Quality, Save Time, Save Money in the Budget Process with OneStream Software
by Heather Lazo
Budget formulation processes in the Federal Government are composed of quantitative data and narrative information that are gathered from across an agency and its bureaus. Issues in the formulation process and in creating and formatting justifications submitted…
November 10, 2021
Integrated DevSecOps with separate Federal Dev and Ops contractors? Yes, it can be done.
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
DevSecOps offers great potential for improving Federal IT practice by integrating development, security, and production performance as shared goals of a single IT team. The overall philosophy is that a unified team will naturally embrace practices that…
November 9, 2021
Will We Make the Sprint? Simulate it with Monte Carlo!
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Piquing My Interest – When I read the title “How to replace estimations and guesses with a Monte Carlo simulation”, I got really excited: Of course I would love to learn how to avoid project estimation! While the article…
October 12, 2021
5 Ways Small and Midsize Businesses Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
A recent study by Pew Research found that 80% of citizens in advanced economies are willing to make changes to the way they live and work to fight climate change. This is great news! As a B Corp and a company committed to…
August 25, 2021
Cybersecurity Executive Order will Topple our Industry’s House of Cards
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
On May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration released the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. This directive seeks “bold changes and significant investments” to “protect and secure” the Federal Government’s computer systems by:
Section…
August 18, 2021
Dreaming of a “Zero Dependency” Tech Stack
by Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
Recently, there has been a pattern forming in my journal reading:
How did web development become so bizarrely complex? – Discussions on the explosion of framework, team personnel, and technologies for a “simple” website
Web apps…