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Grants.gov representatives
recently announced that the current system integration
contract for Grants.gov with Northrup Grumman is
terminating. The new contract has been awarded to
Anteon Corporation, who will pick up the work of developing
a platform-independent system. The transition from
Northrup Grumman to Anteon is scheduled to be completed
prior to October 31, 2006. Grants.gov representatives
assured the audience that the long-awaited Macintosh viewer
is on schedule for delivery on October 31, 2006, and will be
deployed for production in November 2006.
Adobe Forms to Replace
Pure Edge. Anteon will deploy a new Grants.gov
system by April 1, 2007. The proposed technical
solution will replace the IBM WorkPlace Forms (formerly
PureEdge) with Adobe forms server. Adobe forms will
support all grant applicants regardless of the operating
system utilized by the institution. In addition, a new
Google search engine will improve searching capacity for
grant applications and Web site content. Anteon has
also been charged with establishing a more flexible and
robust architecture to support increased peak processing
loads.
Grants.gov does not expect
the change to impact either the applicants or federal
funding agencies during the transition to the Adobe forms.
When the new system is completed, Grants.gov will be able to
receive both PureEdge and Adobe forms for some period to
accommodate the applicant community during the transition
period. [Source:
Federal Grants News for Colleges and Universities, October
2006]
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