Receive and encode
receiving
It is opened, logged and given its number. You get that number on your receipt — it is what you type into the tracker.
- Who has it
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The counter
- What you see as the sender
- Received
- The clock
- No separate limit — the deadline for the whole document keeps running
Director approval
director_approval
They decide which unit should handle it. Nothing moves until they do, so the trail always shows who sent it where.
- Who has it
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The department head
- What you see as the sender
- Under review
- The clock
- No separate limit — the deadline for the whole document keeps running
Unit head action
unit_head
They put it on a named person's desk. Until they do, it belongs to the unit rather than to anybody in particular.
- Who has it
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The unit head
- What you see as the sender
- Being acted on
- The clock
- No separate limit — the deadline for the whole document keeps running
Action by assignee
staff_action
The actual work — the site visit, the checking, the drafting. Their answer is what closes it.
- Who has it
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The officer handling it
— and their unit head has to confirm the name before work can start
- What you see as the sender
- Being acted on
- The clock
- No separate limit — the deadline for the whole document keeps running