Financial Operations
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Accounts Payable Operations Guidance can be found here
Research Appointments
Research Administration
Events Administration
Policies and Procedures
- Quick Guide to HCO procurement processes
- Harvard’s Procurement Policy – updated as of 01/01/2021
- Financial records retention policy:
- For sponsored research data and materials we have a seven year retention policy, please see additional coverage at this link
- For general transactional data and materials we also have a seven year retention policy, since we do not separate transaction records based on funding source. Although Central Financial Services images and maintains submitted transactional records (web voucher invoices, travel and reimbursement receipts or other supporting documentation), local units are responsible for maintaining copies to support day-to-day questions and operations. Please see the following link for additional information.
- The Records Center provides University offices short- or long-term temporary storage for University records that are used infrequently, but have not met the destruction or Archives transfer date. Records Management Services assists offices with creating storage accounts, depositing records into accounts, and managing records in storage. If you have limited space in your office and would like to store some files off-site, click on the link for additional information and instructions
- Harvard University PCard Policy Manual
- Harvard University Travel & Reimbursement Policy
- FAS Object Codes (including a list of the most commonly used Object Codes)
- HCO Approval Flowchart
- FAS Back to School Policy Refresher (November 2021)
- Business Purpose Tool and Guidance