It would be nice if the system would provide more detail of the expenses. D The reporting should be different for different type of awards. D The State BARs and BSRs are very difficult to read. The others are great. F A grant smart administrative assistant F Allow PIs access to on-line information about status of their own budgets.
Access is restricted to administrative personnel in our department.
F allow PI's to download the data with field names attached so that it can be transformed into the budget categories used in the contract from the funder. After all these are the categories that I must ultimately comply with not the UW's. F Centralized administration would be best IF it could be made rapid enough to be of use. Right now it is not. F Close out small dead accounts.