1. 1 SEP Workshop 2007 Arizona February 27-28, 2007

2. 2 Administrative Topics No-cost extensions – typically not denied Carry-over requests – for now, handled same as in past Reporting Requirements – no differences Property certification – required for closeout Closeouts – processed by either Federal or non-Federal personnel at both PMC locations; consequently you will be contacted by someone you’ve not previously dealt with. Budget Revisions – Scope changes require complete application package; work with Project Officer; ensure that requested change is consistent with and necessary to accomplish original objective.

3. 3 GRANTS.Gov Registration Prior to submitting an application in Grants.gov, you must COMPLETE a one- time registration process. It is important to follow the steps in the order outlined below. Organization: Requests a DUNS Number Organization: Registers with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) Authorized Organization Representative: Registers with the Credential Provider Authorized Organization Representative: Registers with Grants.gov E-Business Point of Contact: Designates Authorized Organization Representative

4. 4 Request a DUNS Number The DUNS number is a unique nine-character number provided by Dunn & Bradstreet that identifies your organization. Most large organizations, libraries, colleges, and research universities already have DUNS numbers. Ask your grant administrator or chief financial officer to provide your organization’s DUNS number. If your organization does not have a DUNS number, go to the Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) online registration located at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do to receive a number free of charge or call 1-866-705-5711. http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do

5. 5 Register with CCR The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) collects, validates, stores, and disseminates business information about the Federal Government's trading partners in support of the contract award, grants, and the electronic payment processes. Check to see if your organization is already registered at the CCR website located at http://www.bpn.gov/ccrinq/scripts/search.asphttp://www.bpn.gov/ccrinq/scripts/search.asp You will be able to search CCR by using either your organization's DUNS Number or legal business name. If your organization is already registered: Take note of who is listed as your E-Business Point of Contact (E- Business POC). This person will be responsible for authorizing who within your organization has the responsibility to submit applications at Grants.gov.

6. 6 Register with CCR If your organization is not registered in Central Contractor Registration (CCR), go to the CCR Website at www. ccr.gov and select the "Start New Registration" option to begin the registration process.www. ccr.gov Please allow up to 7 days for processing of your registration which includes the IRS validating your Employer Identification Number (Taxpayer Identification Number or Social Security Number). When your organization registers with CCR, you will need to designate an E-Business Point of Contact (POC). This designee authorizes individuals to submit grant applications on behalf of the organization. A special Marketing Partner ID Number (MPIN) is established as a password to verify the E-Business POC. Your organization's E-Business POC will need to know the MPIN in the CCR Profile to login to Grants.gov.

7. 7 AOR Registration Once the CCR Registration is completed by your organization, the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) must register with Grants.gov as the individual authorized to submit grant applications for your organization to Grants.gov. There are two elements required to complete this step: Obtaining a username and password from the Grants.gov Credential Provider. Registering with Grants.gov. Both of these elements must be completed before receiving authorization by your organization.

8. 8 AOR Registration Registering with Credential Provider In order to safeguard the security of your electronic information, Grants.gov utilizes a Credential Provider. The Credential Provider for Grants.gov is Operational Research Consultants (ORC). When you register with ORC, you will receive a username and password which you will need to Register with Grants.gov as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR). Remember to write down your username and password, you will need it to complete your registration, as well as to submit all of your applications at Grants.gov. To register for a username and password, go the Grants.gov website located at https://apply.grants.gov/OrcRegister and enter your organization 's DUNS OR DUNS+4 Number and then click the "Register" button.https://apply.grants.gov/OrcRegister

9. 9 AOR Registration Registering with Grants.gov Once you have registered with the Credential Provider, you will need to register with Grants.gov on the website located at https://apply.grants.gov/GrantsgovRegister. https://apply.grants.gov/GrantsgovRegister Enter the username and password that you created during the Credential Provider registration to access the set-up for the profile. You will be prompted to enter your name, phone number, email address, title and your organization’s DUNS number.

10. 10 E-Business POC Authorizes AOR After the AOR completes registration, the E-Business POC must authorize you in Grants.gov to verify that you have the authority to submit grant applications on behalf of your organization. The E-Business POC will receive an email regarding your AOR registration with links and instructions to complete the process. You will also be carbon-copied on this email. E-Business (POC) must login to Grants.gov, using organization’s DUNS Number and MPIN password to give you permission to submit applications. When your POC approves your request to become an Authorized Organization Representative, Grants.gov will send you a confirmation email. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS UNTIL E-BIZ AUTHORIZATION HAS OCCURRED.

11. 11 Grants.gov Home Page The Get Registered Link on the Grants.gov home page located at www.grants.gov provides a step by step guide for successful registration. www.grants.gov

12. 12 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface Applications can be submitted via WinSAGA to Grants.gov after the following occur: – The funding opportunity for the grant must be posted on Grants.gov. DOE will send a courtesy email notification of the posting. – The E-BIZ POC must login to Grants.gov prior to submitting an application and identify Data Tree, Inc. (the current WinSAGA support contractor) as a valid Grants.gov Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) for the state office.

13. 13 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. – The SF424 must be completed and signed in WinSAGA. – The valid Solicitation/Opportunity number must be entered in item 12 of the SF424 screen (this is used in Grants.gov to identify the opportunity you are responding to). Contact DOE if you do not know the number, and it has not already been entered. – The SF424A (budget) must be entered in WinSAGA. – The Annual file must be entered in WinSAGA.

14. 14 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. – The following reports should be generated from WinSAGA and saved in PDF format. These will be included as attachments to your submission : The SEP or WAP Annual file. SEP or WAP Master File (as required). SF424A (budget) GOPF20A (budget narrative). Unless you are using a different format to meet the requirement. Note: The above files are submitted as attachments since Grants.gov cannot accept these reports electronically at this time.

15. 15 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. New Grants.gov section in WinSAGA

16. 16 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. – Attach required files to your application by selecting the Attachments button on the SF424 screen (in the Grants.gov section, immediately below section 21). Files are attached using a windows standard browse option to locate and attach your files. – Attachments can be added or removed at anytime until the Submit button is selected. – After all attachments have been added, select the Submit button, and WinSAGA will perform the following validations: The SF424 is complete and signed. The SF424A is complete. A valid solicitation/opportunity number has been entered. At least one file attachment has been included.

17. 17 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. – Once submitted, you will not have the ability to resubmit an application unless the application status has returned with errors. If you inadvertently submit an application, please call the WinSAGA Hotline (866) 492-4546, and they will attempt to stop the transaction. – The submission process occurs following the nightly WinSAGA replication process with the PMC WinSAGA database. Therefore, please allow 1-2 days for the submission to be received by Grants.gov. If timing is critical, please call the WinSAGA hotline to ensure that they are aware of the urgency.

18. 18 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. – Checking submission status: WinSAGA will retrieve and display the status of your submission in the Grants.gov section of the SF424 screen. Since the status is returned to you through replication, it could be 1-2 days from the time of submission for the status to appear. If the WinSAGA status displays that there were errors, you can select the Show Errors button to view and/or print a report of the errors for correction. For assistance correcting common errors that may be encountered with a submission, click on the Help button in the Grants.gov section of the SF424 screen. At the bottom of the help text, you will find a link for Common Errors.

19. 19 WinSAGA to Grants.gov Interface, contd. – Revisions/Corrections/Amendments An application is submitted to Grants.gov once a year ONLY for the annual formula award. Changes or revisions can be submitted into WinSAGA (or the PMC). Carryover amendments are not submitted through Grants.gov.

20. 20 HELP NETL Grants.gov Liaison: Joellen Nieman 304/285-4307 joellen.nieman@netl.doe.gov WinSAGA HOTLINE: (866) 492-4546 winsaga-hotline@ee.doe.gov

21. 21 Questions from WAP Conference 1. E-Biz contact person may have retired – does organization need to go through entire registration steps again? No, the organization only needs to change the E Biz POC. The E Biz contact person is identified in CCR - that is where the new person will be added. 2. Once state has DUNS #, do they need separate CCR# per program registration? For each DUNS #, one CCR registration is required.

22. 22 Questions from WAP Conference, contd. 3. Is there a prompt or e-mail notification to annually change or re- validate AOR? The E-Business POC will receive an email regarding an AOR registration with links and instructions to complete the process. AOR's do not need to be revalidated annually. However, CCR info needs updated annually. A letter will be sent to the CCR POC informing them to update their information. Also the due date for updating information is listed in CCR. 4. Can E-Biz contact re-validate all AORs annually? See response above. 5. Can one person serve as E-Biz contact & AOR? Yes

23. 23 Questions from WAP Conference, contd. 6. Does WinSAGA ownership status play role in Grants.gov interface? For instance, who needs ownership to successfully submit application to Grants.gov? Whoever does the submission to Grants.gov needs to have ownership of the Grant module in WinSAGA at the time of submission (the SF424 page is related to Grant ownership). They need ownership of the grant in order to sign the SF424 and have access to the submit 7. If you submit through Winsaga - who does the confirmation message from Grants.gov get sent to? The AOR for the state agency will receive all Grants.gov status messages. The person that signed the SF424 will receive the e-mail notification from the DOE e-Center (IIPS).

24. 24 Questions from WAP Conference, contd. 8. How do you remove an "AOR"? The E Biz POC goes into Grants.gov and deletes the AOR in the same place that they give permission to AORs. It is under Manage Applicants.

25. 25 Questions from WAP Conference, contd. 9. If a state cannot electronically sign in Winsaga, can they still submit to Grants.gov via Winsaga (i.e., need for a signed 424)? Use of electronic signatures is not required for Grants.gov submissions. States that are not setup for electronic signature can still enter the date the SF424 is signed, and select the name of the person that signed the SF424. If the state is not setup for electronic signatures, they will not be prompted for a pin number, and the box that indicates that the document was electronically signed will not be checked.

26. 26 Questions from PMC East Meeting 11/15-16/06 Is it possible to have a Test Area in Grants.gov and WinSAGA so that you can do a dummy solicitation and accept dummy applications? If a State goes through all the steps to create a “dummy” application, they’ve essentially gone through the steps to complete and submit an actual application; because the applications for the formula awards are conducted in a non-competitive environment, there is more flexibility for corrections after applications are received.

27. 27 Questions from PMC East Mtg. contd. DataTree, Inc. – who will get e-mail notice and how soon after it is received by DataTree? Data Tree, Inc. will not be receiving the e-mail notifications. They will be sent to the state agency AOR.

28. 28 Questions from PMC East Mtg. contd. What information is needed by State to designate DataTree as an AOR? DataTree (DTI) has contacted the State WAP offices that are WinSAGA sites, to collect the information needed to submit to Grants.gov. DTI has asked the States to identify the individuals and their e-mail addresses for receipt of the application status update messages. DTI will provide “certificates” to Grants.gov for each of the State/WinSAGA sites.

29. 29 Questions from PMC East Mtg. contd. Contd.: DTI will stagger the submission of certificates to Grants.gov to prevent over-loading the Grants.gov support team. After Grants.gov adds the certificates to the production environment, DTI will advise the states so they can then identify DTI as a valid submitter (AOR). DTI will go through the same steps with the State Energy Offices.

30. 30 STRIPES PROJECT Objective: –Standardize Department-wide procurement activities with modern technology Benefits: –Increased employee productivity –Improved quality of the final product –Increased process speed and accuracy –Improved record keeping and data analysis opportunities –Enhanced information benefits to the public –Improved security and interoperability with other internal and external systems

31. 31 STRIPES PROJECT cont. Product: –PRISM (acquisitions only) –Capability exists for financial assistance line of business –DOE is considering requesting a waiver from OMB to include financial assistance into STRIPES rather than as part of a federal globalization under the President’s E- Government Management Agenda

32. 32 STRIPES PROJECT cont. Schedule –Oct. 2006 – Jan. 2007 – Process re-engineering –Jan. 2007 – Oct. 2007 – Configure system –Oct. 2007 – Dec. 2007 – Testing/Training –Jan. 2008 – Deploy No immediate change to the way you do business –Propose using Grants.Gov/WinSAGA