Improvements to the PHA Plans Submission Web Application

The PHA Plans team has developed an improved web application for PHA Plans submissions. The new application makes submitting PHA Plans easier, faster and less error-prone; however, the actual submission process remains the same.

This document describes the improvements and the benefits of the new application.

The new application has reduced the steps of the PHA Plans submission process to three.

Step 1: Select Field Office

Step 2: Prepare Files to Upload

Step 3: Upload & Submit Files

The fourth step of the previous application has been folded into the third step of the new application. The reduced number of steps should result in a speedier submission of the plans.

The new application indicates on each step of the process what selections from the drop-down menus have been made. Specifically, the new application notifies the user about:

	the selected Field Office,
	the selected PHA Code,
	the selected Fiscal Year, and
	number of files to be submitted.

By giving this information in advance, before the actual submission of plans, the new application reduces the chance for user error and subsequently any need for fixing wrongly submitted plans.

Upon PHA Plans submission, the new application sends an automatic email message to the respective Field Office, notifying it of the Fiscal Year and PHA Code of the submitted plan. This improves the communication between the PHAs, the Field Offices, and the PHA Plans team.