email_body: Mike,  The reason my mistake was not caught on the benchmark signoff procedure is  that the postid in question did not have a net position.
  The procedure  Rahmann showed you is where we check GERMS positions to the position reports  we run using Excel queries.
  If a postid has a net position and is not  officialized, it will be caught using this procedure.
  It will not, however,  if the postid does not have a position.
  I understand the importance of  officializing postid's, as does the entire West desk.
  Thanks.
  DG    3-9573
  
subject_line: Official Books
  