There was consensus for using the EPS as the Federal Commons grant announcement module. It is important that agencies which must post to the Federal Register not have to enter data twice. Paul Fontaine stated that a pilot project investigating the transfer of postings from EPS to the Federal Register would likely be favorably received. Brad Stanford reported that the ONR award pilot participants met on May 21 st . Among other topics, the meeting discussed the draft Memorandum of Agreement and received a demonstration of Award Web.
Enlistment activities are scheduleds for the next three months.
Institutions that need assistance with obtaining EDI facilities will be helped. Then during the following six months the pilot project will conduct award notifications. A Memorandum of Agreement for participating institutions will be provided at the next Federal Demonstration Partnership meeting.