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Federal Funding Agencies Let's be honest. What is one of the ways that federal agencies can best help the institutions? By having a common face to all funding agencies. ERA provides the best chance to achieve that by creating a set of standards for doing the business of research administration. The National Performance Review mandated that the Federal Agencies significantly change the way they do business. The agencies are fundamentally rethinking how they do business. As part of this process, the Federal Support Electronic Commerce Committee was formed. Some committee summary information is provided below courtesy of NSF via http://www.nsf.gov:80/bfa/cpo/start.htm. In addition, a number of exciting ERA initiatives have emerged from several of the federal agencies. Federal || Private || Vendors || Organizations || Institutions |