What is the Signature Desk?

 

The Signature Desk is a service offered through the askUS Support Team and can assist with the following requests:

 

Signature Desk Request Form Title	Signature Desk Request Form Guidance
Change a unit administrator	Change a unit administrator Guidance
Change unit "reports to"	Change unit "reports to" Guidance
Create official unit and department	Create official unit and department Guidance
Create subunit and subdepartment	Create subunit and subdepartment Guidance
Create academic subunit and subdepartment	Create academic subunit and subdepartment Guidance
Delete a unit	Delete a unit Guidance
Delete an electronic office	Delete an electronic office Guidance
Move a unit into an electronic office	Move a unit into an electronic office Guidance
Update a unit (title, org. level, and abbr.)	Update a unit (title, org. level, and abbr.) Guidance
Update electronic office manager	Update electronic office manager Guidance
Update department system information	Update department system information Guidance
Update manual signers	Update manual signers Guidance

 

Submit all requests to the Signature Desk using the online Signature Desk Request Form page.   

 

The Signature Desk Request Form Requirements Matrix provides an easy way to look up which signatures are required for each type of Signature Desk request form.

 

The Signature Desk is not responsible for creating or moving accounts. To move non 26-accounts, submit a request to Financial Accounting and Reporting at oa.far@austin.utexas.edu. To move 26-accounts, contact the Office of Sponsored Projects at osp@austin.utexas.edu. The Signature Desk does not create Level 8 PI Units (Level 8 Units in *DEFINE), and please contact Office of Sponsored Projects for those requests.

 

For answers to common questions or issues please see search results in askUS Service Now for the Signature Desk. If you still have additional questions, please contact the Signature Desk at signaturedesk@austin.utexas.edu.