- May 15, 2008Last week I discussed repetitive RFP questions and where they spring from, and this week, in honor of the RFPs…
- May 7, 2008I've talked before about RFP absurdity, and now I'll talk about lunacy more generally: the HRSA "Service Expansion in Mental…
- May 1, 2008I've written about the foolishness of trying to use self-esteem as a metric ("Self-Esteem—What is it good for?"), as well…
- April 24, 2008Evaluation sections in proposals are both easy and hard to write, depending on your perspective, because of their estranged relationship…
- April 19, 2008A faithful Grant Writing Confidential reader and fellow grant writer, Katherine, sent an email wanting my take on a public…
- April 10, 2008The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)—the same guys who brought us the stellar job after Hurricane Katrina—issued the Assistance to…
- April 8, 2008My daughter will graduate from the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Kansas…
- April 2, 2008RFP needs assessments will sometimes request data that aren't readily available or just don't exist. The question then becomes for…
- March 27, 2008Change is coming, albeit slowly, to Grants.gov, the the online system for Federal submissions. But, as with all things grants,…
- March 23, 2008* We've talked before about how difficult reading RFPs can be. The Section 514, 515, and 516 Multi-Family Housing Revitalization…
