Managing the number of touch points required to close an award in a timely manner can be a significant undertaking. Determining all references to the grant's funds have been altered to ongoing activities in open commitments, positions and existing jobs as well as assuring final billing, required reporting or other compliance material can be daunting. USNH developed this process to assist the PI, the responsible business persons, central research management, property control, final billing processes, system contacts in other systems such as positions in HR, aide or personnel sponsorship in student detail codes, advance funding sources in advancement designation codes as well as any other related activity that needs to be verified prior to closing an award with the sponsor and within Banner to manage this process well. Email notifications, screens demonstrating open items, escalation of issues, ability to define items as not applicable to a particular award are all part of the management and communications provided by this tool.