Grant seekers beware: Stimulus money may soon be raining from the skies, but a cantankerous Web site may prevent you from getting your hands on it.
Grants.gov, the government’s portal for those applying for federal grants, is expected to see a 60-percent increase in traffic because of the stimulus bill. The site faces a “significant risk of failure,” The Washington Post reported yesterday, quoting Peter R. Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget. In a memo sent to federal agencies on Monday, Mr. Orszag warned that a surge of stimulus-induced traffic could overwhelm the site, which is already frustrating users with error messages and general slowness.
Mr. Orszag said storage space had been added to the system in preparation for the surge in traffic, but he nonetheless asked agencies to make other plans in case the system fails by next week, the Post reported. —David Shieh
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