Before a policy can be published, it must have been approved.  The owner can tell if a policy has been approved by all designated approvers by viewing the Approval Center screen in the Policy Center.

1.Go to the Management | Policy Center screen.

2.In the Navigation section, click Approval Center:

3.View the icons next to each policy name. A green check mark means the policy has been approved by all approvers.  A red “x” means that not all approvers have approved the policy.  A blank box means that not all approvers have provided their decision.  If the system is set up to disallow publishing if the policy has not been approved, it is the owner’s responsibility to work with the approvers to resolve any differences before publishing.

After a policy has been approved, the Owner publishes it by moving it from Approve status to Published status.  This action must be performed by the policy Owner. 

1.Go to the Management | Policy Center screen.

2.In the Approve Policies section, click the title of the policy to be approved and published.

3.On the Policy edit screen, click the Published link in the Cycle section to submit the policy.

4.In the Select Group window, select a group of users from the drop-down list that is the audience for the policy (i.e., the employees who will read and use the policy).  Press the ”+” button to add each group.

5.Press OK.

On the Policy Center Screen, the policy will disappear from the Approve Policies section and will now be listed in the Published Policies Section.

New published policies will also appear on the Policies screen (Policies tab) under Pending Policies (for only users in the policy’s target audience) and Policies windows.