Michigan was able to convince the GAMS group to add the multiple appointment feature. And all the consortium agreed that a web-based version was needed. However, there was now the possibility of internal inconsistencies due to GAMS's incremental development. The system had undergone many changes, and it needed a complete integrated quality test. The web interface places it in the forefront of electronic proposal development systems.
Quality testing ensures accuracy.
The vendor and Consortium leaders are working with both NSF and NIH to allow GAMS to be an interface to those agencies' electronic systems.