CLASSIFICATION STRUCTURE

 

ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENTS

The organizational component provides the means for identifying the organizational unit responsible for a transaction. The organizational component is necessary to identify costs in relation to the organizational units responsible for them and the management structure within those organizational units. The five organizational classification elements are:

* The Division, Sub-Division, Section and Sub-Section elements were designed to provide agencies with a greater level of detail. These are optional lower levels of classification and are not used by most agencies. .

 

  1. Agency
    A three position alpha-numeric code (e.g. E12) used to identify the State operating unit responsible for a transaction. An agency is any department, institution, commission, committee, or other separate government body established by Legislative or Executive action which is connected in any way with the transactions administered by the Comptroller General or the Treasurer of South Carolina. All accounting transactions entered into the system must cite a valid agency code. The agency code is subdivided into two separate levels of detail, as follows:
Branch Agency

E

12

Branch- The first position of the agency code is an alpha character signifying the major branch of State government activity. See State Government Branches and Codes for the list of the branch area codes and titles.

 

Agency- The last two positions of the agency code contain a serial number, which identifies a particular agency. See Agency Titles and Codes for a listing of agency codes and titles.
  1. Division
    Each division, which is an organizational breakdown of agency, is represented by a two digit numeric code.

  2. Subdivision
    Each subdivision, which is an organizational breakdown of division, is represented by a two-digit numeric code.

  3. Section
    Each section, which is an organizational breakdown of subdivision, is represented by a two-digit numeric code.

  4. Subsection
    Each subsection, which is an organizational breakdown of section, is represented by a two-digit numeric code.

All changes in Organizational Component Codes in the STARS system will be made by the Comptroller General as requested by the agencies.

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