Electronic Person of Interest (ePOI) Process

The electronic Persons of Interest (ePOI) process in PeopleSoft was developed to grant non-UH persons with temporary access to UH resources for the purpose of university business continuity.  The ePOI process establishes what relationship the non-UH person will have with the university while they conduct business on campus.  This is a common interest and goal for various departments on campus, so that we have ample information to verify who is using our campus resources. Participating department systems will receive the ePOI information automatically to provide the ePOI applicant the service they need.  The University Information Technology department is responsible for providing CougarNet and other UIT services for the purpose of supporting instructional, research, and administrative activities.

There are three parties involved in the sponsorship process.

• Applicant/Owner - Usually the non-university person who wishes to use UH resources (CougarNet account, Parking, Library, etc.)
• Sponsor - Current University of Houston employee or faculty who will bear responsibility and accountability for the Applicant
• Business Office Administrator - College or Department Business Administrator who enters the ePOI Application form in PeopleSoft on behalf of the sponsor.

In accordance with University of Houston System policy, both the applicant and the sponsor must not be physically located in
any country listed in Texas Executive Order GA-48 at the time of requesting or using University IT resources. Access to
University resources from any of these restricted countries is strictly prohibited, regardless of role or affiliation. The full list of restricted countries is available in the University’s Texas Executive Order GA-48 site.

The Applicant needs to initiate the process by completing the ePOI Application form.  He/She then asks the sponsor to complete the sponsor section of the form.  The Sponsor will then submit the form to his/her College or Department Business Office for processing. 

The Sponsor will need to identify the type of ePOI Service.  Depending on the ePOI service, the Applicant will need to meet certain requirements.  The ePOI process will issue a myUH ID number for the non-UH applicants, if the applicant does not already have one.  The myUH ID will serve as a key identification number while the applicant uses UH and UIT resources.

Once the Business Office Administrator completes entering ePOI form in PeopleSoft, Human Resources will execute and process the final approval in the PeopleSoft system.  The next day, participating departments who require ePOI information about the Applicant will receive the information via automated feeds so they can provide the services that are requested by the non-UH Applicant. 

After the ePOI process has been successfully completed, the applicant can go to the participating departments for consuming UH resources within the individual department area.  

Security Policies for UIT can be found at: https://uhsystem.edu/offices/information-security/policies/

For questions about ePOI process or form, please contact UH - Human Resources Office at hrrec@uh.edu.