we assign and maintain the list.......please let me know what you folks are
doing.

At 10:16 AM 2/9/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>The recent FastLane announcement about changing to a Password system and the
>ensuing discussion (mostly NOT on this list so far) has caused me to wonder
>about how the current PIN feature of FastLane is being used.    For security
>reasons, I chose NOT to keep a list of PINs (following the lead of our ITS
>department).      I think it could be useful for NSF (and for me, as I
>rethink how I manage FastLane on our campus) to know how many SRO's maintain
>a list of PINs that they have assigned.    If you'd like to reply directly
>to me, I'll post the totals to RESADM.
>
>Franci Farnsworth
>
>Frances Vinal Farnsworth
>Coordinator of Sponsored Research
>MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
>Munford House
>Middlebury, VT 05753
>Tel:  802-443-5889
>Fax: 802-443-2081
>Email:  xxxxxx@middlebury.edu
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nancy Peterson [SMTP:xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 9:28 AM
>> To:   xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>> Subject:      FastLane concerns
>>
>> The recent announcement from FastLane has obviously raised concerns in the
>> SRO community.  Much of the concern may be due to the fact that the
>> announcement left so many questions unanswered.
>>
>> 1.  How will the user registration process work?  Will that still be done
>> through the SRO Office?
>>
>> 2.  If passwords change every 180 days, and a faculty member only writes
>> one grant a year (I'm at a primarily teaching institution, not a research
>> institution.), the odds are the faculty member will neglect to change the
>> password and/or forget it.   If they don't change it, will they be kicked
>> out of the database?  Does that mean they will have to re-register as
>> users?
>>
>> 3.  If the PI forgets to give the SRO access to the proposal (a common
>> mistake), will there be any way the SRO can gain "emergency" access for
>> submission purposes?
>>
>> 4.  I currently maintain a list of all PINs, because faculty often ask me
>> for their PIN number (and some co-PIs, who seldom work on the proposals
>> on-line, but must still be registered in the database, have no idea they
>> even have a PIN).  Could the SRO Office receive notification of password
>> changes and passwords?
>>
>> 5.  How are you going to secure electronic signatures for institutional
>> approvals?  I have 6 individuals on campus who are legally authorized to
>> sign-off on grant applications.  Will each one have to be registered some
>> how?  Will they have to keep track of changing passwords?  (Having
>> Presidents and Vice Presidents changing and keeping track of passwords
>> is...well...I can't imagine it.)
>>
>> I have really appreciated the "user-friendly" character of the FastLane
>> system.    But, the changes proposed as described do appear to be unduly
>> cumbersome and problematic.  Perhaps responses to the questions above may
>> help us better understand how the new system will work.
>>
>> **************************************************************************
>>
>> Nancy Kay Peterson
>> Director of Grants & Sponsored Projects
>> Somsen Hall Room 202-C
>> Winona State University
>> Winona, MN  55987
>>
>> Phone:  507.457.5519
>> Fax:       507.457.2415
>> xxxxxx@winona.msus.edu
>> http://www.winona.msus.edu/grants/
>>
>>
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