The Actions module rests beside the Projects module. It contains four tabs which provide the ability to review, edit, and process pending changes through the Actions workflow. In order to include a new change on the active STIP, there are necessary parties and stages of approval that the suggested changes must go through. The Actions tab holds all the stages of approval, from staging to board approved. 

Tabs

The four tabs on the Actions module serve different roles in guiding users through the necessary approval steps. Below is a breakdown of each tab's role in the Actions module to help users easily navigate through the interface.

Look

The Actions interface will open to the Staging Tab and should look like this upon first entry, although the table may not be as populated depending upon the number of projects selected and in the system:

Revision Types

The Actions module focuses on revisions to the current STIP. There are different revision types, both actionable and non-actionable. For North Carolina, a pending change can be classified into the following four types of changes: 

1. Major Amendment - Major changes that require Federal and NCBOT approval.
2. Minor Amendment - Major changes that require NCBOT approval only. 
3. Administrative Modification - Minor changes to previously approved projects, changes do not require NCBOT or Federal Approval. 
4. Technical Correction - Minor corrections that do not require formal approval. These are primarily correcting typos and spelling errors. 

The classification of revisions under these types are automatically done through the Rules Engine embedded in the system. This "Rules Engine" is simply a set of rules that are evaluated from top to bottom to categorize the revision.