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May 15, 2008
FDP: GMLOB Update
Erika Rissi and Stacy Boyd spoke about the new GMLOB strategic landscape. Some interesting developments here, including the new GMLOB Strategic Landscape.…
Reducing Spam Blowback Bounce Messages in Zimbra
With our company’s move to the Zimbra mail server finally complete (and working very well), we noticed an sudden increase of a particular type of spam: fake bounce or mail server error messages. This was surprising since our old mail and…
FDP: Grants.gov Update
The new Grants.gov PMO discussed the status of the system. Eben Trebino introduced the session:
Working with a system built 3 years ago that’s handling four times more capacity than it was designed to manage. Now approaching 130,000 applications being submitted through…
FDP: Agency Updates
Turns out that there is no wifi access in the main meeting room at the FDP meeting, so I’ll be taking notes and posting them as soon as I reach an access point.
The first session provided updates from many Federal…
May 14, 2008
And I’ll be blogging from the FDP meeting
I should have noted that I’ll be blogging from the FDP meeting tomorrow, as long as there’s a wifi network available. (And there’d better be or the hotel will have a riot on its hands!)…
See you at the FDP meeting tomorrow! Although you may miss me…
I’m going to the FDP meeting tomorrow at the Fair Lakes Hyatt in Fairfax, VA. If you’re there, look for the bespectacled fellow furiously typing on a Macbook. Wait… That describes about a third of the audience. Okay… Look for the bespectacled…
May 9, 2008
Git – Fast Version Control System
Git is an open source version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency, but just as well suited for small personal repositories; it is especially popular in the open source community, serving as a development platform…
May 8, 2008
Transparency Act Subaward Pilot — updated details
This meeting will be on May 14th, from 2–4pm. The call-in details have been updated. (If you subscribe to the Grants Management Events Calendar you’d already have the updated details in your calendar! Click here to automagically subscribe to the…
May 7, 2008
NIH seeking an “Electronic Grant Applications” system
Back in March NIH released a sources sought notice for “Electronic Grant Applications.” You can review it here. This notice asked industry to submit capability statements for the analysis and development of a system that would enable grantees to submit grant applications…
NIH eRA GMLOB appeal granted
I just got wind of this notice from NIH’s Nexus newsletter. It says it all. This is excellent news for all the agencies concerned!
eRA Grants Management Line of Business Appeal Granted
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently granted…