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OFFICE OF PLANNING, BUDGET
& INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

 

Budget Office Policy for Signature Authorization

Employment Requisitions
  • Signature Authorization:
    • Management Centers/UGEN - All requisitions require Finance Director's signature.
    • Medicine - Requisitions require either Administrative Services or Finance and Planning authorization based on whichever is appropriate.
    • UGEN - For new, unbudgeted positions, the Vice President of division must approve. In addition, the Budget Office will obtain the President's approval before forwarding requisitions to HR.
  • Requisitions for positions that are funded by research or training grants do not need Budget Office approval. All other positions, including endowment and discretionary funds, must be approved by the Budget Office before going to Human Resources for posting.
  • Human Resources picks up requisitions regularly. The requesting department does not deliver to HR.
  • The deadline for the weekly posting is Tuesday at 3:00 in the Budget Office.
  • Posted positions that have been inactive for six months will be removed from the posting. If a department chooses to resubmit the positions they will need to start the process over.
  • As departments/schools begin using CHRIS, the HR online posting system, they will still be required to submit a hard copy for a period of time. This should be submitted by the regular Tuesday 3:00 deadline. HR will inform you when that is not necessary. Until that time, please submit both online and hard copy.
Purchase Requisitions
  • Purchase requisitions of $100,000 and up require the approval of the Vice President of the division or the Dean of the School, in addition to the Finance Director.
  • Purchase requisitions of $100,000 and up require Budget Office approval before going to Purchasing.
  • Requisitions sent to Purchasing without proper Budget Office approval are sent to the Budget Office before processing. If proper departmental approval is not on the requisition, the Budget Office will return the requisition to the department. Please understand that while the Budget Office turns requisitions around on a daily basis, a lack of proper approval delays the processing of purchases.