CONTACTS 
0201 - National Science Foundation          703 306 1234
020101 - Ms. Cheryl Albus
020102 - FastLane SBIR Registrtion
020103 - ENG/DMII

SUBJECTS
Proposal Forms Not Available
Initiating
Forms Obtained from SBIR OA 990409

0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 46 0000, ref SDS 42 0000.
060702 -
060703 - Roy Roebuck has not submitted anything further on his draft proposal
060704 - to NSF.  He has not responded to inquires about progress.  Today, I
060705 - was able to log onto NSF web site and get information to register with
060706 - NSF and begin submitting a proposal on Com Metrics.
060707 -
060708 - It appears that proposals can be submitted via Internet online, using
060709 - Fastlane. This method of submission helps meet the objective set on
060710 - 990225 of enabling reviewers to interact with the SDS record online,
060711 - and so justifies filing a proposal.
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0609 -
0610 - Progress
0611 -
061101 -  ..
061102 - Request Location of Proposal Forms Attachments A - L
061103 -
061104 - Follow up ref SDS 46 9077, ref SDS 38 0960.
061105 -
061106 - Sent ref DIT 2 0001 asking NSF for the forms described as attachments
061107 - A-L, to be used for submitting the cover sheet and project summerary,
061108 - per the record on 990521. ref SDS 46 9077
061109 -
061110 - Sent it to Rich Shidell at...
061111 -
061112 -                      rick@zyn.com
061113 -
061114 - ... since his name and address is given in the FastLane system for
061115 - contacting NSF about problems, and this is now a big problem.
061116 -
061117 -    [On 990524 received response, reported on 990609. ref SDS 47 9760]
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SUBJECTS
Initiating
Registration NSF
Registration with NSF
Welch, Rod

1007 -
100701 -  ..
100702 - Registration NSF SBIR FastLane
100703 -
100704 - Follow up ref SDS 46 7822.
100705 -
100706 - Submitting a proposal requires being registered with NSF, which is
100707 - done via FastLane.
100708 -
100709 - Prepared NSF SBIR registration for FastLane, and mailed to...
100710 -
100711 -                       Cheryl Albus
100712 -                       ENG/DMII
100713 -                       4201 Wilson Boulevard
100714 -                       Arlington, VA  22230  U.S.A.
100715 -
100716 - Used social security number for employer business number.
100717 -
100718 -
100719 -      Institution Short Name:               Welch Company
100720 -      Authorized Representative Name:       Rod Welch
100721 -      Authorized Representative Title:      President
100722 -      Primary Institutional User:
100723 -      Primary Institutional User Title:
100724 -      Primary User Social Security Number:  561720144
100725 -      Institution Email Address:            rowelch@ibm.net
100726 -      Institution Phone:                    4157815700
100727 -      Institution Fax:
100728 -      Company President Name:               Rod Welch
100729 -      PIN:                                  poim
100730 -
100731 -
100732 -  ..
100733 - FastLane Homepage has instructions...
100734 -
100735 -
100736 -                      fastlane@nsf.gov
100737 -
100738 -  ..
100739 - Instructions for preparing and submitting a cover page or proposal via
100740 - FastLane reference the following web location
100741 -
100742 -
100743 -           http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm
100744 -
100745 -
100746 -  ..
100747 - Web page for preparing a proposal is at...
100748 -
100749 -
100750 -           https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/A1Prep.htm
100751 -
100752 -
100753 - This is good news.  Submitting the proposal online enables reviewers
100754 - to gain experience with the SDS record that demonstrates concepts,
100755 - methods and benefits of Communciation Metrics, which is the main
100756 - objective set on 990225. ref SDS 19 0788
100757 -
100758 - FastLane appears to be a web site sponsored by NSF to manage
100759 - submission of proposals.
100760 -
100761 - Using Fastlane requires registration with NSF.
100762 -
100763 -
100764 - Principal Investiagtor - Rod Welch
100765 -
100766 - Once the firm is registered, the "Authorized Representative" can then
100767 - assign people as Principal Investigators.  This is accomplished I
100768 - think by selecting "modify" option in the list of people authorized,
100769 - and adding people.
100770 -
100771 - Managed to get myself assigned as a Principal Investigator, but had to
100772 - enter that I have a degree so I said I have a BA and got it in 1967,
100773 - even though that is not the case.
100774 -
100775 - Need PIN 4 char code for each principal investigator.
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100781 -
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SUBJECTS
Cover Submit via FastLane
Title of Proposal
Proposal ID Kit Number
Proposal Forms Not Available

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150701 -  ..
150702 - Cover Sheet
150703 -
150704 - Proposal cover pages and project summary for Phase I must be submitted
150705 - via FastLane. ref OF 16 0601
150706 -
150707 - Online submission of the entire proposal may give people a better
150708 - chance to understand Com Metrics, per objectives, and planning on
150709 - 990225. ref SDS 19 0788
150710 -
150711 - Paper copies of proposals must be received by 1700 on 990609, East
150712 - Coast time. ref OF 16 0602
150713 -
150714 -    [On 990609 FastLane down, could not submit proposal. ref SDS 47
150715 -    0045]
150716 -
150717 - Prepared online cover sheet using Fastlane, per NSF instructions in
150718 - the record on 990521. ref SDS 46 9077
150719 -
150720 - Filling out the cover sheet for Phase I asks for the program
150721 - announcement.
150722 -
150723 - I used "SBIR" for this.
150724 -
150725 -
150726 -  ..
150727 - Title of proposal
150728 -
150729 - I initially used the following...
150730 -
150731 -          System of Metrics for Business Communications
150732 -
150733 -
150734 - Proposal Kit Number:    1015800
150735 -
150736 -    [On 990609 received proposal number. ref SDS 47 4560]
150737 -
150738 -
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SUBJECTS
Project Summary Submit via FastLane
Project Summary, 200 Words

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170501 -  ..
170502 - Project Summary
170503 -
170504 - Follow up ref SDS 46 6662.
170505 -
170506 - FastLane provides a window for entering text.  If permits preparing
170507 - the text in another environment, and using cut and paste to place it
170508 - in the FastLane window.
170509 -
170510 - There is a requirement for how this initial statement should begin in
170511 - the proposal requirements. ref SDS 46 6662
170512 -
170513 - I prepared and submitted the following...
170514 -
170515 -     This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project shall
170516 -     investigate using computer science, cognitive science and the
170517 -     Internet to formulate business "metrics" for communication to
170518 -     solve the problem of information overload, by adding
170519 -     "intelligence" to management.
170520 -
170521 -     The human mind, on its own suffers ambiguity and error, as the
170522 -     flow of information increases, "management" is reduced to a
170523 -     process of continual bumbling under current technology and
170524 -     practice. Practical and powerful "metrics" for communication will
170525 -     apply a work process of "intelligence" supported by technology
170526 -     that significantly leverages human acuity, and thereby
170527 -     significantly solves information overload.
170528 -
170529 -     Since communication is the dominate factor of success in human
170530 -     endeavors, this method significantly increase earnings in
170531 -     commercial enterprise, and reduce costs in government and
170532 -     non-government sectors. The project will define a new management
170533 -     science of Communication Metrics that supports a new work role for
170534 -     generating "intelligence" that can be distributed quickly and
170535 -     uniformly via Internet to build and maintain shared meaning, which
170536 -     otherwise fails due to information overload and limited span of
170537 -     attention, causing frustration and continual loss.
170538 -
170539 -     Making communication effective comprises the main pillar of the
170540 -     triad for enterprise management.  Others are focusing on
170541 -     integrating objects and data.  Communication that adds
170542 -     "intelligence" to management, is the essential ingredient for
170543 -     making enterprise management effective. Whether or not objects and
170544 -     data are successfully integrated to achieve the goals of
170545 -     enterprise management, adding an "intelligence" role to
170546 -     management, supported by appropriately designed technology, will
170547 -     be a step forward in the march of civilization.
170548 -
170549 -     The key process entails automated integration of time and
170550 -     information that advances the utility of the alphabet as the
170551 -     foundation of knowledge acquistion.  Up until now, only the human
170552 -     mind has been able to synthesize time and information to produce
170553 -     knowledge, as experience in the minds of people.
170554 -
170555 -     Increasing the value of the alphabet to generate "intelligence,"
170556 -     rather than mere information, yields a huge market akin to turning
170557 -     straw into gold, and water into wine.  Why?  Anyone who has
170558 -     attended a business meeting at IBM, Microsoft, Intel, U.S. Steel,
170559 -     Harvard, or Joe's Flower Shop, is aware that human beings can
170560 -     maintain alignment of communication for about 1 minute.  If there
170561 -     is a little bit of information to process, alignment can be held
170562 -     and applied usefully, for awhile, sometimes long enough to
170563 -     integrate into the work flow correctly.  The modern environment
170564 -     overwhelms people with information, causing managers and
170565 -     executives to spend most of their time "expediting," "problem
170566 -     handling" and fixing mistakes they made 10 minutes ago, yesterday,
170567 -     last week, last month, last year and 10 years ago.  This means
170568 -     people are working at perhaps 2% - 10% of their capacity.
170569 -     Capability that maintains alignment of communication and conduct
170570 -     over time with requirements, objectives and commitments can
170571 -     improve management productivity by a factor of 10. To the extent
170572 -     that manufacturing removes the negative impact of poor management,
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