I agree. If anyone has any contacts at the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), it would be good to bring this up to them, as they serve as a great mouthpiece for voicing these types of concerns for us. I know they were very influential in getting the NIH to push back their R01 electronic "go-live" date. > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf > Of Peterson, Nancy K > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:29 AM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] HRSA AENT validation > > The Department of Health and Human Services has gone too far. First, we > had to deal with NIH and ERA Commons. Now we have to deal with HRSA and > EHB. > > Using grants.gov was supposed to simplify things, because we'd use one > application system and not have to learn separate ones. With HHS, we're > using grants.gov and needing to register and learn different electronic > systems for each division...systems that are incredibly un-user-friendly > and have woefully inadequate support services. > > It seems that HHS is violating the basic principle behind having > grants.gov in the first place. > > My question: What's the best way to make our dissatisfaction known > given the apparent way HHS is implementing use of grants.gov? > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Nancy Kay Peterson, Director > Grants & Sponsored Projects (G&SP) > Winona State University > Somsen Hall 212 > Winona, MN 55987 > Phone: 507.457.5519 > Fax: 507.457.5586 > http://www.winona.edu/grants > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf Of Shepard, Andy > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:07 AM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] HRSA AENT validation > > Hi, > > On a Nurse Traineeship UNH submitted to HRSA we received notice that it > was in EHB to review. We went in to review and in most cases we had to > re-confirm most of all the information that was in the electronic > application! > > Two areas of concern: > > The PI is listed in three different areas of the application and in each > instance I had to include the street number and mailing address to > remove the "incomplete" notice for that form. This defeats the whole > reason for electronic administration and UNH does not normally use > street numbers and names, mostly building names. > > The other problem was none of the information provide in the required > tables was carried over from the application. I had to go into each > table and update them manually. > > Here is hoping HRSA can look at the EHB system and make some much needed > revisions. > > And by the way I have emailed the help desk twice and left two messages > for support and as of today I have received no response. Yesterday both > phone numbers were busy all day so I could not leave a voice message so > I sent another email. All corrections are due in one week so timely > follow up would be appreciated. > > Andy > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~ > Andy Shepard, CRA > Office of Sponsored Research > University of New Hampshire > Durham, NH 0384-3585 > Phone: (603) 862-2436 > Fax: (603) 862-3564 > http://www.unh.edu/osr/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On > Behalf Of Lori Hulak > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:32 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] HRSA AENT validation > > OMG, I finally got the AENT grant submitted to HRSA through the > Electronic Handbook and you have to fill in all sorts of information, > like 5 yr worth of budget dates and make sure they match the budget > dates on the face page. Anyone else have another solution to getting > the application complete for submission? I did work with the call > center, Karen Breeden at HRSA AENT and the technical assistance folks to > get this completed. > Lori > > > Lori B. Hulak, BA, CRA > Specialist, Grant Writer > Jefferson College of Health Sciences > 920 S. Jefferson Street > Roanoke, VA 24031-3186 > Phone (540) 985-8206 > xxxxxx@jchs.edu > > >>> xxxxxx@WESTERNU.EDU 2/20/2007 12:23 PM >>> > I spoke with HRSA last week as we too had not gotten the email from > them > regarding the next phase of the application. I was told they had just > started processing or were just about to start processing. This was > around Thursday, Feb 15th. From what I understand, the 2nd phase is > not > due until Feb 26 and the mailing of the signed face page isn't due > until > 5 days after you get the verification of successful submission of the > 2nd phase. > > I think they may just have been inundated and with the weather, very > very very shorthanded. > > Matt > > > > > > Matthew D. Katz > > Assistant Vice President, > > Sponsored Programs and Contract Management > > Western University of Health Sciences > > 309 E. 2nd Street > > Pomona, CA 91766 > > (909) 469-5567 > > (909) 469-5569 FAX > > > > > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== > > > ====================================================================== > 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") > ====================================================================== ====================================================================== 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") ======================================================================
