I hope the answer to the Mandatory Grant Submissions are answered in the response from Rebecca Spitzgo, Director of Grants.Gov. Joe Bass JSB Consulting, LLC Managing Member xxxxxx@JSB-Consulting.com Phone: 301-774-4229 Mobile: 240-305-8056 Fax: 240-220-0654 -----Original Message----- From: Spitzgo, Rebecca (HHS/OS) [mailto:xxxxxx@hhs.gov] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:12 AM To: 'xxxxxx@jsb-consulting.com'; 'Sandra Nordahl' Subject: RE: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov soon to become MANDATORY? Let's see if I can shed some light on this discussion. The Mandatory SF424M form family was deployed in Grants.gov on 2/28/2005. The SF424M was deployed for Mandatory programs, Formula and Block grants. It is the 3rd form family or market segment of forms available in Grants.gov: Core, SF424; R&R, SF424R&R and Mandatory, SF424M. Two additional market segments (Form Families) will be released later this year, Individuals, SF424I and Short, SF424S. Agencies will be asked to publish a few Mandatory programs in Grants.gov during Fiscal Year 2005. Not all agencies have mandatory programs. Some of the agencies, EPA and Energy, that do have mandatory programs have indicated they will continue to use the Core, SF424 rather than switch to the SF424M because the SF424 forms meet their needs. Whether or not an agency requires electronic submission of grant applications via Grants.gov is a policy decision of the agency. There is no tie between the Mandatory form family and requiring electronic submission. Grants.gov is working with PureEdge to provide a platform neutral viewer that supports multiple environments, Mac, Linux, Unix and PC. We do not have a firm date for the availability of this feature, but the time frame appears to be 1-2 years out. Grants.gov will keep the pressure on PureEdge to provide a product that supports multiple environments as soon as possible. In the meantime, Grants.gov will release its Applicant System-to-System (S2S) interface in April 2005. The Applicant S2S interface eliminates the need to use the PureEdge forms. I hope this information is helpful. Rebecca Spitzgo Grants.gov Program Manager 202-205-1223 xxxxxx@hhs.gov -----Original Message----- From: xxxxxx@jsb-consulting.com [mailto:xxxxxx@jsb-consulting.com] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:49 PM To: 'Sandra Nordahl' Cc: Spitzgo, Rebecca (HHS/OS) Subject: RE: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov soon to become MANDATORY? I guess I can add my 2 cents but I do think that DOE is pushing too hard and that they can't make it mandatory yet because of some of the issues that were just pointed out. On the other hand I just had a meeting with Rebecca from Grants.Gov and I am going to forward this message to her and ask her if she could respond to the list serve. Sandra - thanks for the update. Joe Bass JSB Consulting, LLC Managing Member xxxxxx@JSB-Consulting.com Phone: 301-774-4229 Mobile: 240-305-8056 Fax: 240-220-0654 -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Nordahl [mailto:xxxxxx@foundation.sdsu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 4:51 PM To: xxxxxx@jsb-consulting.com Subject: FW: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov soon to become MANDATORY? Joe, I thought you might want to jump into this conversation. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On Behalf Of Richard Magyar Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:46 PM To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG Subject: [RESADM-L] Grants.gov soon to become MANDATORY? Hi, Has anyone come across a submission in which using the new grants.gov process was MANDATORY? My understanding was that the grants.gov system would be phased in gradually, with only voluntary participation for at least the next year or so. Imagine my surprise when we found out that our latest DOE grant REQUIRES the grants.gov submission mechanism. The problem, for us, is in the software grants.gov requires us to use. The ³PureEdge² viewer is incompatible with Macintoshes, and the company developing that software (PureEdge Solutions) has no plans to ever create a Mac solution. They recommend using VirtualPC, which is awkward and unreliable workaround. I¹d originally hoped that grants.gov would mature as a service in the next year or so, and eventually expand it¹s support to multiple platforms. "Fastlane" is a good example of exactly that kind of success through graduate service roll-out. But if we are all to be required to use this new service more-or-less immediately, then waiting for the bugs to be worked out will NOT be an option. Anyone else in the same boat? Anyone have any insight on grants.gov or solutions to these platform issues? -- Thanks for your time, Rich Magyar Systems Administrator Eastern Michigan University Graduate Studies & Research 734-487-3090 xxxxxx@emich.edu ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================
