- August 20, 2021In "What We Learned Doing Fast Grants," Patrick Collison, Tyler Cowen, and Patrick Hsu do something I can't recall ever…
- March 5, 2021Needs assessment experts and data nerds know that factfinder.census.gov, the old primary portal into Census data, is dead, while the…
- January 6, 2021The latest COVID-19 Stimulus Bill was signed into law Dec. 27, which, combined with the FY '21 budget authorization bill,…
- November 2, 2020America is a day away from what one of my adult kids calls, "this shit-show election." A bit harsh for…
- September 9, 2020In theory, an "application guide" for a Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant from a federal agency is meant…
- July 24, 2020The NOFA for HUD's Lead Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program just came out, and it has $275 million to undertake,…
- June 9, 2020Astute newsletter readers saw two useful Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA) RFPs with lots…
- May 19, 2020Tyler Cowen asks an interesting question: "Why the low status of opposition to child abuse?" A reader speculates that, on…
- May 4, 2020One of the bigger and more interesting RFPs on the street right now is the FCC's "COVID-19 Telehealth Program," which…
- January 9, 2020We're working on a project for a large public agency in Texas, and, like most large public agencies, it has…
