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September 4, 2008
Grants.gov starts new blog
It looks like good ideas spread! Grants.gov has started its own blog all about grants management. Check it out here.…
August 22, 2008
The Amazing Power of Spamhaus.org
Recently, we turned on block-list spam protection provided by the zen.spamhaus.org in addition to regular DNS-based restrictions. Thanks to Zimbra’s graphing capabilities we have a powerful visual depiction of the power of Spamhaus:
This graph displays the number of messages processed…
August 21, 2008
Achieve Zen About Spam with Zimbra
This past Monday the amount of spam hitting our Zimbra mail server (5.0.5) spiked to twice the usual amount, causing our sever to fall 15 minutes behind in delivery. While we were doing pretty well with spam blocking through Pyzor…
TCG is on the 2008 Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine announced the Inc. 5000 today, the list of the fastest-growing companies in the USofA. We’re delighted that TCG is number 1,716 on the list! (Number 1 would be better but all good things come to those who work hard…)
We…
August 4, 2008
New legislation calls for federal grants web site
As reported over at GovExec, one part of Senator Voinovich’s new legislation is to develop a web site where grantees can track their grant applications. Clearly this is an attempt to expand the scope of Grants.gov (which was originally intended to…
August 1, 2008
How open should open source be?
On behalf of the NIH, TCG runs a project called the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse, otherwise known as NITRC. It’s a resource for neuroimaging researchers who are developing or using software to analyze things like fMRI scans and other kinds…
Subaward Pilot IT solution identified
I just posted this over at the NGP blog and thought others may like to know about it.
An alert NGP member recently forward the following e‑mail from Robert Shea of OMB to the NGP mailing list. It shows that the HHS…
July 30, 2008
P.L. 106–107 reauthorization in progress
Cornelia Chebinou of the NGP just posted about Senators Voinovich and Lieberman’s proposed reauthorization of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act. The NGP is accepting comments on the proposed legislation to submit to Congress. I wonder what prompted this sudden…
July 21, 2008
Grants.gov summer newsletter is on the street
Another notice that was languishing in my overflowing inbox was a heads up that the Grants.gov summer newsletter is available. It’s not exactly pulp fiction for the beach but a vital read for people like us. The newsletter updates us that:
The transition…
Compusearch highlights GMLOB “Alternative Solutions Group”
As I’m in a small hiatus between proposals, now is the perfect time to catch up on some grants news. (No fishing or watching old episodes of The Riches for me, oh no!) This little nugget has been in my mailbox…