What is the Signature Desk?

 

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

 

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

 

 

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.