Tips for Advocating and Optimizing Mission IT Assets Every agency expects a return on their investment in federal IT – especially finance managers and program executives who must make choices between spending on IT versus other program priorities. But few agencies know how to measure ROI. At this event, IT acquisition and management experts will discuss how to measure ROI, how to estimate future ROI, and when/where ROI is important to fe...

The new infrastructure plan will put more than $1 Trillion in new money into transportation, broadband, and utilities. Transportation is a key area that will receive an infusion of dollars to repair, update, and build new infrastructure throughout the country. America will begin a building spree larger than what happened during the New Deal. The Department of Transportation (DOT) will be directing a large portion of those dollars through grant...

Join REI Systems and decision-makers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), and John Hopkins University as we discuss the results of the 2021 Government Analytics Survey. REI Systems and ACT-IAC surveyed the government analytics community with the goal of providing a better picture to help understand how gove...

HHS designated the agency for the Grants Quality Service Management Office (QSMO) to transform government-wide grants management end-to-end. Created by the Office of Management and Budget, QSMOs are tasked with offering and managing a marketplace of systems and service solutions to improve customer satisfaction, automate processes, modernize technology, standardize data and related processes, and achieve efficiencies in time and money related...

How you communicate about and manage your grants significantly affects what grant programs accomplish. It also affects public awareness and understanding of the beneficial impacts of grant-funded actions, as well as the ease of grant implementation. Dr. Shelley H. Metzenbaum will join us to talk about her recently released report on managing federal grants to improve outcomes and grant operational quality and transparency. Attendees will walk...

Join REI Systems and Howard University for our inaugural Government Technology Breakfast forum with lessons learned from FDA and NIH on how they each use AI to address minority health disparities and the general challenges of AI/ML regarding inclusivity, data curation, and calculations (algorithms and labels) that result in negative biases towards marginalized populations. Monitoring and ethical review of impacts is a critical metric that indi...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic threw grants into the national spotlight, and spurred demand like no other year in history for grants. Our new study reveals how the effects of COVID-19 and other factors are contributing to the changing landscape of grants management. REI pulsed hundreds of grant professionals to gain insight into the current state of grants. Learn about the latest trends, challenges, solutions, and priorities at the 2020 Grants...

It is not an exaggeration to say, ‘Data is the currency of the present era’. Also, it is not uncommon that most organizations struggle to realize the full potential of this modern-day asset. This connects back to not investing in understanding the data at hand, not employing the right technologies & processes to store and analyze data, and not producing compelling data stories that trigger actionable insights. The contemporary...

Design an Adaptable Grants Management System We invite you to join us live on Wednesday, August 26th, for a discussion with REI Systems! This webinar will feature how to design a grants management system for adaptability in changing times - a system that is needed now more than ever.

REI Systems and the George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration will host a Grants Management Breakfast (GMB) Forum. Our bimonthly GMB Forums bring together professionals from government, academia, and industry to share first-hand experiences in managing the full grants life cycle, resulting in real-world opportunities for process and performance improvement. At this session, you will...