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<font color="#3333ff">From Sheila:<br>
Dear Flex-ers:<br>
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As you may know, as of Jan. 1 , Grants.gov is moving to a new
method of proposal submission, namely "Workspace". GCS is aware
of this, and Helen and I are testing a procedure for this that
should work in the WHOI environment. Please hold off on
registering for Workspace. We will get back to shortly; in the
meantime, if you have questions, don't hesitate to contact us.<br>
<br>
Sheila<br>
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<font color="#000000">and now from Helen:<br>
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Dear Flex-ers:<br>
We are planning a WHOIgrants users group meeting for early
January. Topics will include the grants.gov transition to
workspaces as well as other topics GCS has compiled and those
you recommend.<br>
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For those of you who are curious about rates:<br>
Until WHOI receives a signed provisional rate letter from ONR,
we can't update the rates in WHOIgrants. Dave will let us know
when that arrives. At that time, the overhead and fringe rates
will be updated. <br>
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I am in the process of updating service center rates now. I will
send email once they are ready to load into WHOIgrants towards
the end of this week. <br>
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Please let your troops know.<br>
thanks,<br>
Helen<br>
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