Grants.gov System Unavailable August 8 - 9

Due to the implementation of Build 2009-04 the Grants.gov system and website will be unavailable Saturday, August 8, 2009 through Sunday, August 9, 2009. The system is scheduled to be back online at 11:59 p.m. EDT August 9, 2009. The system updates for this build will be available once the build is successfully deployed on the Site Features and Enhancements page: http://www.grants.gov/aboutgrants/buildreleases.jsp.

We appreciate your patience. If you have any questions or issues during the system downtime, please email support@grants.gov and the Contact Center will address your inquiry during business hours (Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., EDT).

Regards,
Grants.gov

Recovery Act and Grants.gov

A new feature was unveiled on Grants.gov to help users find and apply for The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant opportunities.

The launch of the ARRA or Recovery Act feature on the homepage of Grants.gov will direct users to Recovery Act opportunities, other Recovery Act resources, upcoming Webinars and links to www.whitehouse.gov/recovery and www.recovery.gov.

Regards,
Grants.gov

Grants.gov - Internet Browser Compatibility

Grants.gov routinely tests compatibility with numerous browser and operating system versions and combinations. While testing a newer version of Firefox and the beta version of Chrome, we identified potential compatibility issues with the current version of Firefox. We reported that compatibility issue to you prematurely. Further testing shows that the earlier compatibility issues were unfounded. As a result, we need to retract our earlier message regarding browser incompatibilities with our apologies for any confusion or concern related to this miscommunication.

Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers on Windows XP and Vista, and Firefox and Safari on Mac systems are compatible with Grants.gov. Also, based on our limited testing there were no issues found with using Google Chrome on Windows XP and Vista. Please note that Chrome is considered Beta software by Google (http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/why.html).

Again, we sincerely apologize for any confusion our previous communication may have caused. If you have any questions please contact the Grants.gov Contact Center (1-800-518-4726) or via e-mail support@grants.gov.

Regards,
Grants.gov PMO

Grants.gov Webcast

Please join us July 15th from 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT for our Quarterly Grants.gov Stakeholder Webcast: http://grants.gov/help/stakeholder_communications.jsp

Agenda
- Grants.gov Activity Update  
- Grants.gov Recently Accomplished System Builds
- Grants.gov “Boost”   
- Applicant System-to-System (S2S)

ALERT: Grants.gov E-mail Subscriptions

We are currently experiencing an issue where people are unable to sign-up for daily e-mail notifications of new grant opportunity postings. Both the “All Grant Notices” and “Notices Based on Advance Criteria” are currently unavailable to subscribe too.

Until the issue is resolved please call the Contact Center (1-800-518-4726) with the subscription criteria you would like to receive and we will manually enter you in the Grants.gov system.

Please note; you can utilize the RSS feed to be notified of new opportunity postings by Agency and category. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Regards,
Grants.gov

June Build Successfully Deployed

The June build was successfully deployed on June 27 - 28. There are no issues at this time. The build communication detailing the system enhancements is on the site features and enhancements page: http://grants.gov/aboutgrants/buildreleases.jsp

Regards,
Grants.gov PMO

Grants.gov June 27 - 28 Build 2009-03

The June build has been successfully tested and will be deployed into production June 27 - 28. The system will be unavailable June 27 – 28 to implement the build.

The detailed build communication outlining the benefits will be available once the system is back online on the site enhancements page: http://grants.gov/aboutgrants/buildreleases.jsp

Regards,
Grants.gov PMO