The PA will have to take an active role in managing the proposal progress within their home organization when key staff are unavailable. The system was built with flexibility to meet the diverse needs across UCAR, so each organization will need to define how this is managed within their organization.
PandA allows for Lab/Program PAs to assign ownership and take ownership of Proposals in their home organization in order to manage for each other when out of office.
For required Lab/Division/Program approvals, each organization should have staff assigned as acting on behalf of DIR or LAB for out of office situations. Staff in an acting capacity would select the role for which they are acting on the Home Page and then execute activities on behalf of the DIR or LAB.