What happens when there is a policy or business process change in my Program Office? To whom do we submit change requests?
See answer above. Grants Online was built to be a flexible system. The conceivable changes that are sometimes made to the announcement and review process, including requirements for new kinds of application documents, etc. can already be handled by the system. Internal routing flexibility for Request For Application (RFA) approvals and Procurement Requests has also been built into the system. Grants Online was not built to enforce a particular way of doing business, rather as a way to enhance the way we do business. If a Program Office has a business rule requiring a function be done in a particular way, Grants Online will not enforce that business rule, nor will Grants Online prohibit that business rule from being implemented by the Program Office. Grants Online is a NOAA-wide system. As such, it cannot be customized to provide for enforcement of specific processing that may be done differently by different Program Offices. Any changes affecting all NOAA Program Offices will be consid
