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September 22, 2006
OMB’s high-risk IT list — grants management features prominently
Since August 2005, OMB has maintained a list of IT projects considered “high-risk”. As OMB notes on its Information Policy site,
“Projects on the High Risk List are not necessarily “at risk,” but are those requiring special attention from the highest…
September 21, 2006
Details on Anteon’s Grants.gov e‑forms solution
Through the wonders of Google I found this press release from General Dynamics about the Anteon Grants.gov contract win. Included in it is the following statement:
Utilizing the Adobe® LifeCycle® forms server and a search application, the General Dynamics’ Grants.gov system will…
September 20, 2006
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be irrelevant within 2 years
So high-definition video discs are hitting the stores now and yet again the electronics industry has shot itself (and early adopters) in the foot. Only, I think this is a lot worse than the Betamax-versus-VHS nonsense we all suffered through, or did…
September 19, 2006
An Exercise Left to the Reader in “Godel’s Proof” by Nagel and Newman
In 1931, the mathematician Kurt Godel showed that any axiomatic system in natural number theory that is “complete” (can prove every postulate that is true) will not be “consistent” (it will prove a postulate that is false). While having an impact…
Keane wins DOJ COPS grants management deal (with TCG’s help)
Our prime contractor, Keane, announced today that our team has won a contract to provide IT support the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Service. TCG and Apptis are both subcontractors on the deal. Speaking for TCG, we’re very happy to…
NGP 9/12/06 webcast now online
Ken Fang of the excellent Altum Inc. kindly tapes and uploads video from each NGP meeting. The latest one has just been made available, at http://thengp.org/Meetings/20060912.htm. Apparently there was a slight audio drop-out during one presentation but otherwise it’s two hours…
September 18, 2006
NGP Meeting — 11/14/06, 1.30pm
Here are the details for the next NGP meeting:
Date: November 14th
Time: 1.30pm — 3.30pm
Location: Department of Education, 10th Floor PCP Auditorium, 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC.
Web Conference: https://asap2.convoq.com/SchedMtg/Register.aspx?c=MT0987NTFS1J
Register: E‑mail TheNGP@aol.com by noon on November…
S.2590 — $100k or $5 million? You decide
S.2590 continues to make waves, with passage into law last week. GovExec has a report on this which includes comments from “An industry expert who requested anonymity expressed reservations about the new search tool.” Those comments seem to be remarkably well-informed…
GCN reports on the Grants.gov contract
HHS awards General Dynamics Grants gov deal.…
September 15, 2006
The Arlington Group shuts down
I just found out today that The Arlington Group, a provider of grants management software, has shut down! I hadn’t heard that they’d exited the marketplace or — more startlingly — closed completely. Their product, Easygrants, was a Microsoft .Net-based system and, to my…