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February 20, 2008
2008 Excellence.Gov Top 20 announced
ACT-IAC released the list of the 2008 Excellence.Gov Awards Top 20 winners last night. I’m the co-chair of the awards this year and, as is true every year, competition was very difficult. The theme this year is “Improving Organizational Performance…
February 14, 2008
Call for papers: “Global HealthGrid: eScience Meets Biomedical Informatics”
Lots of activity in the BCIG these days! This just appeared…
6th Annual HealthGrid International Conference
International HealthGrid meeting extends deadline for papers to February 15th
Feb. 8 — In response to numerous requests to extend the deadline for submitting…
February 13, 2008
A Lifetime of Biomedical Computing: A Conversation with Robert Ledley
This came through on the BCIG wire and I thought it may be of interest to readers with interests in biocomputing, bioinformatics, and the like.
A Lifetime of Biomedical Computing: A Conversation with Robert Ledley
February 21, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Building 38A, Lister…
February 12, 2008
FFATA GoLive! lunch, with the NGMA
I should have posted this a couple of days ago, so you’ll need to act quickly if you want to attend this event. The NGMA is hosting a very interesting-sounding lunch on Thursday (Valentine’s Day…awww!), with Terry Hurst of HHS as the speaker: …
Get help for your hometown
You’re probably asking yourself, “What’s the deal with the woman playing a piano?” And, if you’re not asking that question, you’re too incurious for your own good.
Anyway, I got a very interesting e‑mail from a lady called Jessica Pieciul (who I assume works for Hometown…
February 11, 2008
Grants.gov compatible with Adobe Reader 8.1.2
Just a tidbit this morning: Grants.gov has announced that they have tested Adobe Reader 8.1.2 with their forms and submission process, and all is well. So feel free to upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Reader (after checking with your…
February 5, 2008
Write Permission Problems with Apache? Check for SELinux…
While trying to install MediaWiki on my CentOS 4.5 box, PHP could not write the Wiki configuration file. So, I conducted the standard checklist:
Figure out what user and group Apache was using (apache/apache),
Ensure that the path to the configuration…
OFFM issues new grants management strategic plan
OMB’s Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) is responsible for all financial and grants management policy in the US federal government. They have just published their new five year plan (here). Here’s what it has to say about grants management. …
9 GMLOB MOUs signed; others appealing
The inimitable Jason Miller at Washington Technology reports that:
The policy guidance [issued by OMB as passback language to agencies alongside the FY09 budget request also addressed the Grants Management Line of Business. Agencies were to have chosen one of…
January 31, 2008
Government collaboration nirvana!
If you haven’t already checked out the COLAB wiki, you are a horrible individual and should be ashamed of yourself. Well, okay, maybe you should not feel quite so guilty about it but don’t delay in scooting over there to check…