For those who have not already heard:

The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Northrup Grumman has
lost the contract to develop and manage grants.gov, the government-
wide grant application IT platform. The contract has been awarded to
General Dynamic Information Technology, which "will create a new
system by March 31..."  The contract changes hands on November 1.
The Post article notes that the change puts into question the ability
of the system to correct a major impediment - its inability to
seamlessly manage Mac-generated applications.  The change is also
calling into question NIH's February 1, 2007 deadline for the
electronic submission of all R01 applications.  The article reports
the NIH is considering whether to push back the deadline.

The link to the article:  <http://tinyurl.com/jx2ku>

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