1. The National Grants Partnership March 11, 2008 Michael Pellegrino 1-800-518-4726 support@grants.gov

2. 2 Applicant System-to-System (S2S) Applicant System-to-System Interface Provides Opportunity schemas and instructions Electronic grant submission Validation Applicant status tracking Reference Implementation Applicant Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) Security It does NOT provide: AOR authority to submit applications Software to populate the grant application XML Agency specific validation Web Services to directly communicate with backend agencies

3. 3 System-to-System (S2S) FY 08 S2S Submissions: 7,368 –8.8% of Overall Submissions Applicant S2S Location on the Grants.gov Site –http://www.grants.gov/applicant_s2s/applicant_system_to_system.jsphttp://www.grants.gov/applicant_s2s/applicant_system_to_system.jsp S2S FAQs: http://www.grants.gov/applicant_s2s/applicants2s_faqs.jsp http://www.grants.gov/applicant_s2s/applicants2s_faqs.jsp

4. 4 Transition to Adobe Schedule Adobe Posting: Agencies Begin Posting in Adobe Upon Successful Testing –Coordinate Testing w/ Grants.gov Program Advisors June 1, 2008: PureEdge (PE) Opportunities NEW Posting Cutoff Target Date September 30, 2008: PE Application Submission Cutoff Target Date March 31, 2009: 2006 PE System Retired There should be NO OPEN PureEdge opportunities (Synopses and/or Packages) that have a Package with a closing date greater than September 30, 2008 on the 2006 System, unless an Agency has an exception from the Grants.gov PMO.

5. 5 Transition to Adobe Schedule (Exception) Any Agency Unable to Transition During These Dates Please Coordinate w/ Grants.gov Program Advisors –Last Date Agency will be Posting in PE –Last Date Agency will Accept PE Applications No Later Than December 31, 2008 Per Agreement within the February 6, 2008 Grants Executive Board; Last Date for Accepting PureEdge Applications is December 31, 2008 There should be NO OPEN PureEdge opportunities (Synopses and/or Packages) that have a Package with a closing date greater than December 31, 2008 unless an Agency has an exception from the PMO.

6. 6 Transition to Adobe Agency Status Agencies posting 100% in Adobe: 4 Agencies Posting in PE & Adobe: 16 Agencies Not Posting in Adobe: 6

7. 7 Transition from PE to Adobe Open Opportunities

8. 8 Grants.gov Build 2008 – 01 Timeline #ActivityScheduled Completion Date Primary Owner Deliverable 1Development, Unit and Integration Testing 3/14/08SI  Test Release  Release Notes for Acceptance Testing 2 Acceptance Testing – Rounds 1 - 4 3/14/08 - 4/10/08 IV&V  Test report 3 Deployment readiness review 4/11/08PMO  Deployment Decision Final 4 Deployment4/12/08SI  Release deployed in production  Documentation Updates Grants.gov Build 2008 – 01 Schedule

9. 9 Transition to Adobe No PureEdge (PE) Software Updates No PE Form Updates Vista not Compatible w/ PE Office 2007 not Compatible w/ PE

10. 10 Communications Update Adobe Version Compatibility –Site References “Compatible Adobe Version” –Created “Adobe Reader” FAQ section –Updated 40 FAQs on the Site –Adobe Test Package to Test Version Compatibility Grants.gov Update List Serve http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription_signup.jsp http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription_signup.jsp –Established January 4, 2008 –To Date: 10,788 participants

11. 11 Upcoming Communications Build 2008 – 01 into AT 07 Build 2008 – 01 into Production –Grants Update List Serve Push April 16 Webcast