Streamlining?

At 09:20 AM 4/1/2005 -0500, you wrote:

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>Several years ago, your pals in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Washington D.C. announced
>plans to develop a common electronic proposal submission system. NSF
>jumped out to an early lead with its now well-tested and fabulous FASTLANE
>system while most other Federal agencies obviously spend way more time
>planning on planning to plan. More recently, the Federal government has
>restated their goal of a common system.
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>So my question is: Why do we now have NIH Commons, DOEd egrants, NIJ
>Grants Management System, NASA NSPIRES (anyone got any others) in addition
>to FASTLANE? Each one has a different structure, different submission
>authority scheme, different registration processes, etc!
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>Larry Waxler, Director
>Office of Sponsored Programs
>University of Southern Maine
>P.O. Box 9300
>Portland, ME  04104-9300
>Telephone: 207-780-4413
>Telefax: 207-780-4927
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