The University of Tennessee’s policies apply to all campuses and institutes and provide university employees guidance to:
- ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations
- maintain adequate internal controls to safeguard the university’s assets
- provide consistent management of resources transactions across the system
- understand the university’s expectations for conducting university business and communicate these expectations to others as needed.
POLICYTECH
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Newest Policies / Recently Updated
Effective 5/28/2018:
Fiscal Policy FI0505 Accounts Payable
Several edits were made to clarify that items over $100,000 without a PO or contract must be approved by the CFO or designee except for utilities, athletic conference fees and postage.
Effective 5/15/2018:
FI0312 – Custody of Third-party Funds
Several edits were made to clarify that these funds do not belong to the university and to give specific examples.
Effective 5/8/2018:
FI0305 – Accounts Receivable has been revised to correct several errors and to comply with some new state laws and regulations.
Effective 5/8/2018:
Campus Policies:
6/12/2018: UT Knoxville OP policies published
4/27/2018: UT Knoxville FI policies published
2/5/2018: UT Martin IT policies published