2013

April 2013

Friday April 5, 2013

This is to notify you that the External User Acceptance Test (Ext-UAT) environment, which includes eRA Commons and ASSIST Demo environments, will be down all day on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in preparation for the April system-wide software release.

Please note that this downtime does not affect the Production environment.

March 2013

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

eRA Commons and ASSIST will be offline overnight during the weekend of March 23-24, as eRA upgrades a specialized database that stores user names and passwords for user authentication.

The upgrade is designed to improve recent log-in issues with eRA programs experienced by users.

eRA Commons and ASSIST will be unavailable starting at 10 p.m. Saturday, March 23 until 5 a.m. Sunday, March 24.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Both the External User Acceptance Testing (Ext-UAT) environment and the eRA Commons Demo systems will be periodically unavailable this coming weekend. It is anticipated the systems will go offline Friday, March 15, 5:00PM EST for 4-5 hours. Users may experience periodic disruptions throughout the weekend. Full service will be restored by 6:00AM EST, Monday, March 18, 2013.

We are sorry for the inconvenience it may cause.

Archive - eSubmission News and Updates

2013

March 2013

• RPPR
• CCR – Critical to Constantly Review (aka SAM Registration)
• ASSIST Playground

February 2013

• Our Help Needs Help
• SAM Help Is Coming!
• Grants.gov and Adobe XI – Not Playing Nice Together
• Continuous Submission Article Continues

January 2013

• Continuous Submission: Do I or Don't I?
• ASSIST Has Landed!
• Flag on the Play – Referee Reference Letters

2012

November 16, 2012

• The Wrong Tools for the Right Job
• Handouts that are Handy? No Way! WAY!
• OER Facelift – New Look, Same Great Info!

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