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March 21, 2019
Infographic: Helping Senior Executives File Their Financial Disclosures
Among the checks and balances of our democracy is the vetting process that senior leaders in the Federal Government undergo. Every appointee is carefully vetted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and sometimes the Office…
March 14, 2019
GSA Touts Shared Services as the Next Wave of IT Modernization
As reported by MeriTalk, GSA Director Emily Murphy spoke yesterday to the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and much of what she said focused on the potential for shared services to modernize federal IT and…
January 30, 2019
A TBM Maturity Model for Federal Agencies
It has only been two budget cycles since the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (OFCIO) at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) changed the IT budgeting process to be based on Technology Business Management (TBM)…
January 22, 2019
Divide and Serve — TCGers Volunteer Their Time to Serve Organizations Across the DC Metro Area
The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday reminds us of the importance of serving the community and lending a hand where we can. Over the holiday weekend, TCG had two Charity Sprees in flight — one at the Maryland Science Bowl and…
January 16, 2019
5 Ways Contractors Can Manage a Government Shutdown
800,000: that’s how many Federal workers are currently subject to the government shutdown. It’s often identified as a quarter of the federal employee workforce. According to some estimates, there are 3.7m contractors. A quarter of that is 925,000 — as many as…
November 29, 2018
TCGers Lend Their Helping [Coding] Hands to a Local Nonprofit
By day, TCGers develop complex applications and web tools that helps government address socio-economic issues and serve communities nationwide. By night (and sometimes on the weekends), TCGers basically do the same thing. For the past several months, a group of TCGers…
November 8, 2018
TCG Takes to the Streets at the “Out of Darkness Walk” with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in the United States. For every suicide death, there have been 25 attempts. Around 45,000 people commit suicide each year — roughly 123 suicides a day. With these alarming statistics, it’s no wonder…
November 6, 2018
The Shared Services Management Model
At 25 years old, we tend to think we know everything in the universe. While our younger selves might have been mistaken, TCG’s 25 years of supporting multiple federal shared services have certainly taught us a thing or two. The Shared…
November 1, 2018
Creating A Happy Remote Workplace
by Daniel Turner
TCG was built on the idea that telecommuting is more productive and leads to happier employees than a typical office-set workforce. However, building a remote workforce that keeps employees happy is fraught with challenges. In August’s edition of the…
October 4, 2018
Putting Families First, TCG and Other Business Leaders Launch the Businesses Advancing National Paid Leave Website
A longtime advocate of universal paid leave legislation, TCG President Daniel Turner is proud to join with the National Partnership for Women & Families and other business leaders in launching the Businesses Advancing National Paid Leave website, www.advancingpaidleave.org. This new website…