The International Society for Ecological Economics , in cooperation with the authors, also placed the article on its Web Site and set up a forum where readers could discuss the article with the authors and each other. Selected on-line comments from readers, with responses from the authors, were published in ISEE's Journal of Ecological Economics . This example illustrates the growing integration of the on-line world and traditionally published materials. Faculty are beginning to develop sophisticated Web Sites to support their teaching and research activities beyond the obligatory vita. David Maidment, Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, has a Web Site that illustrates how a Web Site can effectively support your research, publications, and teaching activities .
Research grants remain critically important to water resources researchers.
Additionally, the federal agencies are instituting on-line proposal submission systems and encouraging researchers to use this technology, in fact some are already mandatory and it is expected that in the near future, all submissions will be electronic. For example, the National Science Foundation's electronic submission system is named FastLane. The USGS External Research Program accepts on-line registration of proposal. The electronic submission of proposals, and eventually completed project reports, will aid in a more timely dissemination of research results on-line to interested parties. Recently, Canada underwent reconsideration of its federal water policy.