Stimulus Applications Could Overwhelm Grants.gov

Washington Post – “The first federal casualty of the stimulus bill was identified by the Office of Management and Budget this week when OMB director Peter Orszag told agency heads to plan for a possible meltdown of the government’s main grantmaking portal. A review of its capacity revealed a “significant risk of failure,” Orzag warned. A memo sent to agencies said that Grants.gov, a site where nonprofits and local governments can search federal programs and apply for more than 1,000 competitive grants from 22 agencies, is already straining under the weight of recent growth.”