Re: <Maintenance of PINs) Re: FastLane concerns Barbara Bralver 09 Feb 2000 15:08 EST
yes Please post it to the listserve as I didn't receive the notification At 10:55 AM 2/9/2000 -0600, you wrote: > I assign, maintain and control PIN access and there's no way I could >function as the Fastlane "administrator" on my campus without this ability. > Grant proposals submitted under the auspices of institutions of higher >education are legal committments and are not meant to be kept "private" >from the very people who have to approve whether they can be sent. In fact, >in the past when I've called Fastlane tech support for help on something, >they often ask me& But to keep this information from me, the Fastlane >administrator, would be silly and irresponsible. - Jane Prudhomme & I'll do >so. > *************************************** > Jane E. Prudhomme, M.A., M.S. > Asst. Vice Chancellor, > Research and Sponsored Programs > University of New Orleans > 2000 Lakeshore Drive > New Orleans, LA 70148 > Phone: 504 - 280-7154 > 504-280- 3896 > E-Mail: xxxxxx@uno.edu > http://www.uno.edu/~orsp >***************************************** > > Barbara Bralver wrote: 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 > For security >>reasons, I chose NOT to keep a list of PINs (following the lead of our ITS > 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 > 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 > 802-443-5889 >>Fax: 802-443-2081 > xxxxxx@middlebury.edu >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Nancy Peterson [SMTP:xxxxxx@WINONA.MSUS.EDU] >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 9:28 AM > xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG > FastLane concerns >>> >>> The recent announcement from FastLane has obviously raised concerns in the > Much of the concern may be due to the fact that the >>> announcement left so many questions unanswered. >>> > Will that still be done >>> through the SRO Office? >>> > 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 > If they don't change it, will they be kicked > Does that mean they will have to re-register as >>> users? >>> > 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? >>> > 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 > Could the SRO Office receive notification of password >>> changes and passwords? >>> > How are you going to secure electronic signatures for institutional > I have 6 individuals on campus who are legally authorized to > Will each one have to be registered some > (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 > But, the changes proposed as described do appear to be unduly > Perhaps responses to the questions above may >>> help us better understand how the new system will work. >>> >>> ************************************************************************** >>> >>> Nancy Kay Peterson >& Sponsored Projects >>> Somsen Hall Room 202-C >>> Winona State University > 55987 >>> > 507.457.5519 > 507.457.2415 >>> xxxxxx@winona.msus.edu >>> http://www.winona.msus.edu/grants/ >>> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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") ======================================================================