Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Training Deployment - February 21-23, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Training Release 15.4 Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Training environment is back online.

For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html


We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office
  

Monday, February 20, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Training Deployment - February 21-23, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 will be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Tuesday February 21, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:  

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage: 
Training System will go Offline Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Thursday February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.


In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visithttp://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.

The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Update: Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Production Deployment- February 18-21, 2017 - Completed

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 Production Deployment is completed and the Grants.gov Production environment is back online.

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 will next be deployed to the Training environment beginning on Tuesday February 21, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
  • Training System will go Offline Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
  • Training System will go Online Thursday February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.
For more information on planned maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html

Please read about Release 15.4, on the Grants.gov Community Blog and for detailed information about the release, please review the Grants.gov R15.4 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html 

We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the Grants.gov user experience.


The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Technical Alert - Grants.gov Release 15.4 Production Deployment - February 18-21, 2017

The Grants.gov Release 15.4 will be deployed to the Production and Training environments beginning on Saturday February 18, 2017. The maintenance window is as follows:

Production Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Production Environment will go Offline Saturday February 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Production Environment will go Online Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

Training Scheduled Maintenance Outage:
Training System will go Offline Tuesday February 21, 2017 at 12:01 AM ET.
Training System will go Online Thursday February 23, 2017 at 6:00 AM ET.

In the event that we run into any issues or finish maintenance ahead of schedule, we will post follow-up messages to the Grants.gov Alerts Blog (http://grants-gov.blogspot.com) and we will send an email to our distribution lists.
  
For additional information about Release 15.4, please review the Grants.gov R15.4 Applicant Release Notes: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/releases.html

For this and all scheduled maintenance, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/outreach/calendar.html.

We appreciate your patience as we work to improve your Grants.gov user experience.
The Grants.gov Program Management Office

Grants.gov Adobe Reader DC Version Compatibility Issue - 02/15/2017

 
Issue: There is a compatibility issue with recent versions of Adobe Reader DC and Grants.gov. If you experience any issues when completing the PDF forms using the following incompatible Adobe Reader DC versions, please see the recommended resolution below.
  • Adobe Reader DC (Classic) version 2015.006.30279
  • Adobe Reader DC (Continuous) version 2015.023.20053

Resolution: Adobe resolved the issues with a recent patch update. From within Adobe Reader DC, click the Help menu, select Check for Updates to download and install the latest patch version (see below).
  • Adobe Reader DC (Classic) version 2015.006.30280 or later
  • Adobe Reader DC (Continuous) version 2015.023.20056 or later
How to Check for Updates to download and install the latest Adobe Reader DC patch version:
  1. In the Adobe Reader DC menu, select Help menu, select Check for Updates, click the Download button, and then click the Install button.
  2. Additionally, in the Adobe Reader DC menu, click Edit, click Preferences, under Categories select General, uncheck the option Show online storage when saving files, and click the OK button.
  3. Applicants should be able to successfully complete their application without issue.
Learn more about the Classic and Continuous versions of Adobe Acrobat DC:
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