Abstract: A method for electronically facilitating an application process comprises creating a customized application for a data requester, the customized application being accessed via an Internet link to which access is controlled, granting access to the customized application to a specified data provider, accepting data from the specified data provider, providing an information management tool to the data requester, the information management tool being operable to manipulate the data from the specified data provider, and exchanging data between the data provider and the data requester. The present invention may be implemented by a computer carrying an ordered set of instructions which, when executed, perform the above-identified method.