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Menu Description Home Introduction to the Food Safety Reporting System Log in Select state and enter password to enter the reporting system. Help Guidelines for using the reporting system Quick Reference Detailed Instructions PDF of General Guildelines Contacts & News Messages from CSREES program leader and contact information for National Integrated Food Safety staff. Add/Edit Project Report Starting point for adding a new project report. As reports are entered, this page will show a list of funded projects reported on for the user's selected state or territory. Access listed reports to show details, make edits, or delete reports Project Directory Select and view reports from all states or territories Reports will be read-only User may only edit/delete project reports for own state/territory State Contacts Select state and territory contact information User may add/edit contact information for own state/territory Create Report Customize a report by determining your audience, selecting specific fields of information to appear in the printed report, and selecting the state(s) and/or region whose reports you want to create. Create Report will format the customized report by pulling the fields you select from the project detail stored in the database. Search Search the database for reports by entering a keyword to find all reports containing that keyword or Search the database by selecting a keyword from the list of keywords entered for reports. Log out Log out of the reporting system. Note: If you entered any information you must click Finish to save the data before you log out.

Detailed Instructions for Entering Project Report Data

Step Action 1 From the menu bar, go to Add/Edit Project Report 2 Click Add New Project 3 Under Projects enter information for each field. Tab from field to field Enter date as MM/DD/YYYY Enter amount awarded as $only 4 Under Project Director, enter information for each field. Enter first and last name in same field 5 Under Co-Investigators, enter information for each field. 6 Under Partners/Collaborators, enter information for each field. 7 Click on the Next button to continue to page 2. 8 Under Project Objectives list the objectives for the project. For all text boxes: The text box will adapt to the amount of information you enter. If needed, the scroll bar on the side will become active. Words will automatically wrap. Do not use the Enter key unless you want to start a new paragraph. You may copy and paste information from another document, however, paragraph formatting and bullets may not transfer. What you enter is what you see in the report: Proofread! Technical support does not edit or correct entries. 9 Complete the remaining text boxes, following the instructions for each box. 10 Enter keywords related to the project report. Keywords will be used in the database search to create a list of projects to view. 11 Click the Finish button. The list of Funded Projects for your state/territory appears. From this list, you may edit, delete, or show the detail of the report. To save your work you must click Finish before you leave the reporting system. You can always return to edit your report. Note: Information entered in all the fields is automatically saved. You do not need a Save button. When you edit a report, your edits replace the original information. Once you delete a project, you cannot retrieve the information.