Business Official (BO)

A BO has signature or other authority related to administering grantee institution training grants. Users with the BO role perform their tasks in the xTrain module and IBO Portal of Commons.

Agency-Specific Instructions: Department of Commerce. This role is not used by DOC. If you have this role, it does not give you privileges for DOC awards.

If you hold a BO role, you have privileges to perform the following tasks:

• View the following Training Grant related items:
  • Trainee Roster
  • List of Grants
  • Grant Summary
  • Routing History
  • PDF-formatted Appointments/Amendments/Terminations
• Initiate, update, route, and submit Termination Notices (TN), if authorized
• Certify Loan Repayment Program (LRP) applicants using the IBO Portal; see Overview of LRP IBO Portal.