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The primary functions of the University Budget Office
are:
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To assist the President and the Budget Task
Force in developing, implementing, monitoring, and controlling the University's
annual operating and capital budgets. The office serves as principal staff to
the Budget Task Force, preparing all agenda materials and implementing
budgetary decisions.
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To support the University Planning Council
strategic planning and budget process through participation in deliberations of
committees and hearing panels, presentation of essential institutional data and
preparation of various analyses and reports. |
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To serve as the primary office for complying
with the University's central external reporting requirements. In most cases,
the reports are prepared by the Office. In other cases, consistent, "official"
data are provided to other offices for reporting purposes. |
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Continue to develop and produce institutional
data bases to provide the source of "official" data for both internal and
external reporting. |
These functions are accomplished by the
administration's three divisions.
The Budget division provides
primary staff support to the University's Budget Task Force; University
Planning Council; implements and monitors current year operating budget; and
provides cost studies and analyses. This division develops the state
appropriation request, income and expense projections, tuition projections, and
information pertinent to salaries, employee benefits, new program initiatives
and other general university operating cost increases.
The
Information Resource division includes computer support for many of the major
functions served by the Budget division; development and maintenance of
appropriate ISIS and IBIS functions for the office and the University. Timely
production of official files and mandatory official reports on institutional
characteristics, academic programs, human resources, students, and finances are
produced for the Pennsylvania and U. S. Departments of Education; the American
Association of University Professors; the National Science Foundation; Middle
States Association; and other institutions of higher education. Information is
provided for a myriad of surveys and ad hoc requests from Association of
American Universities Data Exchange institutions, admission guide book
publishers, students, employees, and other persons and agencies/corporations
needing information about the University. High school graduation and University
enrollment projections are also developed by this division.
Also
within University Budget Office is the Network Services division that provides
computer hardware, software and network expertise to nearly one hundred users
within the Offices of the President, Board of Trustees, Finance and Business,
Corporate Controller, Associate Treasurer, Educational Equity, and University
Budget Office.
Updated October 2006 |
