Speeding
the Way to an NIH Grant Time
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For
decades, scientists waited a year to get a grant from the National
Institutes of Health. In recent years, the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of 18 NIH Institutes, built
three systems, using Internet-based technology that will merge with
NIH efforts to create electronic commerce. They've slashed the processing
time to 4 or 5 months for certain grants. The grand vision is a
mere 3 months from start to finish for 30,000 grant applications
a year. 
The
Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC) is working aggressively
to increase the use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and is
supporting other Defense organizations in the use of other EDI invoicing
methods for public vouchers and commercial invoices. DCMC recently
unveiled the Web Invoicing System. WInS allows contractors to sign
on to a secure web page, enter the invoice data, and send it on
its way.