Hi Resadmr's,
Into the textbooks on Public Administration go some of the great screw-ups
from which students try to learn: the Challenger disaster, the ValuJet
tragedy, the Centralia Mine Disaster.  Academic scholars try to describe
what went wrong, where the ball got dropped, what functionary or government
quality control inspector did only his/her job and not a whit more.

After so many lugubrious tales of woe on the Grants.gov saga, I am curious
as to whether any academic or layperson has put together a comprehensive
article on what went so terribly wrong despite so many good intentions,
millions of dollars, and years (decades?) of planning.  I would imagine that
there are at least several papers and/or poster presentations on this topic
by now.  The grants.gov saga could have numerous lessons for many activities
and plans we launch at our home institutions. How wonderful to think that
the research administration community, including the agency planners, might
learn from this.

All best regards,
Glenn

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Glenn Krell MPA, CRA
Director, Research Compliance
and Proposal Development
Illinois Institute of Technology
Main Building, Suite 301
3300 South Federal Street
Chicago, Illinois 60616

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