Purpose : This procedure demonstrates how to generate a notification package to notify congressional members of new discretionary awards. Notification packages are sent after awards are committed, but ideally before grant award notifications are sent to applicants. Packages are compiled based on subprogram and the congressional members selected to receive the packet. Congressional members are associated to an award based on the application’s state and zip code, however, users have the ability to choose any congressional members which exist in G5 regardless of their state and zip code to receive a package. The award information and congressional information are used to generate a mail-merge email.
G5 Role : G5 Congressional Notification Staff, G5 Program Office
Navigation Path : G5 Admin > Notification Process > Generate Congressional Notifications
Prerequisites : The prerequisite for this topic is:
1. Awards exist in G5 with the funding status of Committed.
2. Congressional data exists in G5 for senators and congressional representatives.