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US Grant Web Site Will Not Work With Macs

Associated Press News Wire (ap@telecom-digest.org)
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:31:23 -0600

A government Web site that aims to serve as a one-stop shopping point
for scholars and others in search of federal grants is creating
headaches for users of Macintosh computers.

The site's electronic forms for would-be applicants aren't
Mac-compatible. "Frustration kind of goes through the roof," said
Mark Tumeo, vice provost for research and dean of the college of
graduate studies at Cleveland State University.

He said about 30 percent of the systems used by his university's
scientists and others are Macintosh computers. Those with Macs are
having to seek out Windows-based PCs in order to fill out the
applications. Tumeo estimated several hundred grant applications are
affected by the glitch, which was first reported by The Washington
Post.

The idea behind the new government Web site, Grants.gov, is to
streamline the process of applying for grants by reducing paper
applications and replacing them with electronic ones. It also serves
as a resource point for the 26 federal grant-making agencies that
award over $400 billion in grants each year.

Calls to Grants.gov and the Health and Human Services Department, a
managing partner for the program, were not immediately returned
Monday.

The Post said HHS helped choose a small Canadian firm called PureEdge
Solutions to create the electronic forms, which only work with
Microsoft's Windows operating system. PureEdge is said to be working
on a fix.

On the Net:

Federal grants: http://www.grants.gov

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

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