Re: FastLane concerns Barbara Bralver 09 Feb 2000 10:26 EST
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/ >> >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Barbara Bralver mailto:xxxxxx@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu For up to the minute grant information online: http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/grants/ ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================