I have been compiling problems with Grants.gov based on our usage and
what I have read.  Rather than put all the text here I have put the
list on a website.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~abeattie/gdotg.htm

If this cannot be read by anyone, let me know, I can send as an
attachment via direct email.

One problem I did not include on my list but heard of recently is
objection by a sponsor of different names as the Authorized
Representative in Section 19 of the SF(R&R) and the actual submitter.
As I understand it, the name of the submitter shows up on the copy
received by the sponsor.  We, for example, tell users to put in the
name of our primary authorized signer in Section 19, but once the
application has been approved and signed for, on our local approval
form, any of our grants officers can do the submission.  The grants
officer's name shows up on the form as the signer.  Has anyone had
this complaint from an agency person.

Bob
__________________________________
Robert Beattie
Managing Senior Project Representative
 for Electronic Research Administration
Division of Research Development and Administration
University of Michigan
3003 S. State Street   Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1274
office: 734 936-1283    mobile: 734 717-6281
xxxxxx@umich.edu

On Nov 3, 2005, at 6:03 PM, Rochelle R Athey wrote:

Dear all:

The State of Texas has been offered the opportunity to meet with GAO to
discuss implementation issues related to PL106-107 and the Governor's
Office graciously invited UT Austin to participate in the opportunity to
share information with GAO.

This is a great opportunity to be heard by an organization that might be
able to help us with Grants.gov implementation.

I have collected information about Grants.gov issues from the FDP
website and NCURA (and I have scoured resadm-l archives).

Nevertheless, I would like to obtain more data from you, the people who
most often work with Grants.gov and ponder its usefulness or lack
thereof.

Do any of you have a summary list of Grants.gov problems available?

I have already noted in my written materials for GAO that there are
issues with bandwidth, difficulties with the SF424 R&R, CCR registration
problems, and communication problems between federal agencies and
Grants.gov on what is needed to move forward on the project.

What else should I communicate?  GAO seems particularly interested in
the following problems (not exclusively focused on Grants.gov):  the
proliferation of agency electronic systems, system-to-system interfaces
with Grants.gov, and lack of coordination among federal agencies re
information to be submitted.

Please forward comments and concerns to me prior to November 11th so I
can include them in the discussion with GAO.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Rochelle R. Athey
The University of Texas at Austin
Associate Director, Sponsored Projects
PO Box 7726
Austin, TX 78713-7726
512-471-6448
512-471-6564 fax

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