Division Director: Andrea T. Norris
Deputy Director: Robert O'Bryan
Phone: 703-292-8150
Fax: 703-292-9146
OIRM's Division of Information Systems administers the agency's sophisticated
technological infrastructure, providing the hardware, software, and support
systems necessary to manage the agency's grant-making process and to maintain
advanced financial and accounting systems.
DIS Staff Locator
Search or browse the division staff by Organization
or Alphabetical Listing in the OIRM
Staff Locator pages.
Key Services
The Administrative
Systems Branch provides systems development, database management,
and related services for the administrative systems within the agency.
The Customer Support
and Assessment Branch provides office automation software product
research, user support, and Help Desk activities.
The External Systems
Branch manages the operational activities of the FastLane Program
and other university-NSF-agency-industry activities.
The Infrastructure
Management Branch provides management and technical support for central
systems operation and distributed systems planning.
The Research Directorate
Systems Branch provides systems development, database management,
and related services for applications that primarily support the research
directorates within the agency.
The Security,
Architecture, Policy and Plans Branch provides coordinated support
for agency wide information technology initiatives in the areas of security,
enterprise architecture, policy and plans, investment planning and management,
and responds to information technology and information management requirements
specified in Federal law, guidance and regulations.
The Telecommunications
Branch is responsible for data communication operations (including
electronic mail, network support, and telephony).
FastLane
A project developed and implemented by the Division of Information Systems,
FastLane is an electronic system
of administering scientific research grants, educational fellowships,
and a host of other interactive functions. It was chosen in 1996 as the
first Federal government project to win a coveted National Information
Infrastructure Award (NII).
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