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October 24, 2007
Grants.gov now supports Adobe Reader 8.1.1
Grants.gov made this announcement yesterday. Great progress!
Grants.gov now supports the latest version of Adobe Reader (8.1.1), which is available for free download from the Adobe Website http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Grants.gov continues to support Adobe Reader version 7.0.9. Only these two versions…
October 22, 2007
NGP meeting and webcast today
I can’t make the NGP meeting today from 13.30–15.30 EDT so I’ll be catching up via Webcast, but everyone who can attend should! (If you haven’t already registered, you can still join via webcast.) The participation details are below, and the…
October 17, 2007
OMB GMLOB guidance released for Q1 FY08
Thanks to Jerry Ashworth at Thompson Publishing, editor of the Federal Grants Management Handbook (disclosure: I’m a member of the Handbook Advisory Board), for pointing me toward the GrantSolutions.gov site where OMB’s latest guidance has been posted. This is the guidance…
October 10, 2007
Grants.gov Webcast on October 17th
Just a quick reminder that there’s a Grants.gov Webcast next Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm. Here’s how to participate:
1. Go to http://www.hud.gov
2. Go to the bottom right hand corner of the page under the title “Now Playing.” At 12:30 Eastern…
Government IT wiki starts up
[Via FCW] A group of former feds and industry folks have started GovITwiki, a collaborative resource for those seeking information on federal IT budgets, procurement practices, and so on. If this gains traction, it could be a good source of information for any…
Free training on neuroimaging tools clearinghouse tomorrow
If you have an interest in neuroimaging informatics tools and resources, you should attend the free, online training being held tomorrow on the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse. NITRC, as the site is known, is being built by NIH…
September 26, 2007
GSA changes tack on FederalSpending.gov solicitation. Again
FCW reports that GSA issued another modification to its solicitation for the data and system to power FederalSpending.gov by January 1st; now they just want data and no software. This is all rather inscrutable to me. From the article:
“GSA…
September 25, 2007
FFATA.org launched
You wait ages for an easy way to search federal awards data and then two come along at once! Well, almost. The folks who currently support the Federal Procurement Data System — Next Generation (known as FPDS-NG) have launched a competitor…
New technology transfer resource
Sharon McLoone’s Small Business blog pointed out a great resource for entrepreneurs looking for new innovations to take to market: the
iBridge Network. This is
“an online searchable database with the latest news in research, technologies and findings at U.S. universities. The…
GAO says LOB funding contravenes appropriations law
Chris Dorobek’s blog is proving really useful! He’s highlighted a GAO report about DHS’s use of shared services, and notes that GAO has come to quite alarming conclusions:
“the legal principles are clear. [DHS] officials stated that the directorate pooled funds…