Electronic signatures or esignatures empower our faculty, staff, and students to design secure, fully digital workflows, including legally binding signatures. It enables you to sign official forms electronically and avoids additional printing, scanning, and mailing of actual paper.

使用电子签署的好处：

• 具有法律约束力: The programs we use to generate signatures meet the requirements of the US Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) and are recognized as valid under US law.
• 它的安全: Approved by the ISO for use with confidential information when all security best practices are observed.
• 它又快又高效： eSignature reduces turn-around time, reduces manual staff labor, and provides the opportunity to increase efficiency.
• 它是绿色和可持续的： Processes can be completely paperless, cutting down on the need for storing copies, mail costs, and imaging.
• 它是全球性的，全天候可用： Provides faculty, students, and staff a secure, effective, and fast way to sign and return documents anytime, anywhere in the world.

Properly obtained electronic signatures are acceptable for university business forms and documentation. Federal and state laws provide that electronic signatures have full validity under the law when obtained appropriately using compliant technologies, certifications, and authentications.

奥古斯塔大学使用Box Sign来帮助获得电子签名。 Units and individual third-party signers have the option to use Box Sign when it is practical for them to do so and in accordance with guidelines set by university business owners.