Peter -

 We do essentially the same thing; except, my call goes to the Payroll
Office.  As a state institution, all salaries are (supposed to be) public
information; so, other than the additional communication loop created by
the need for someone in my office to contact someone in another office to
ask for this public information, the process generally runs smoothly.

Howie Kaplan

At 03:07 PM 11/5/98 -0600, you wrote:
>An important part of processing grant applications at my school is to
>check the salaries listed in the budget to make sure they have not been
>overstated or understated.  As the central preaward office, my office
>has been handling this responsibility: we call the Human Resources
>Office, which has access to employee's actual salaries, and verify
>salaries by phone.  How do other preaward offices handle this task?
>--
>Peter J. Dolce, Ph.D., Director
>Office of Research Support Services
>Meharry Medical College
>Nashville, TN  37208
>P (615) 327 6703
>F (615) 327 6716
>
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Howard M. Kaplan, Director
Research Services & Sponsored Programs
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8005, Highway 301 So. Building
Statesboro, GA 30460-8005
Tel. 912-681-5465; FAX. 912-681-0719; e-mail. xxxxxx@gasou.edu
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