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ABS Newsletters  

Most recent listed first.

2008 editions

 

September 2008: Sponsored Project JE Do's & Don'ts; Time to Toss Old Records?; Standard Descriptions for Project-Related FOPPS; PSLite Q&A; Subsystems and Fund 30.

 

August 2008: What Happens After the Close?; Fiscal Certification Labs; Balance Sheet Details Due; Budget Update; Q&A: Exporting PSLite Reports to Excel with Access 2007; Innerview: Pat Libhart.

 

July 2008: FY End Calendar; Records Disposal Update; Mileage Rate; Travel Expenses and the Procurement Card; Expenditure Control Suspended; CUConnect Upgrade; Q&A: State Travel Card; Q&A: eBay; The SPA Dance; New ePER Policy; Innerview: James Lei.

 

June 2008: FY End Calendar; Fund 30 JE Tips; FY09 Benefit Rates; Gift SpeedType Setup & Maintenance FPS; Q&A: Recruiting Costs Update; Mail to PSC; ABS Email changes; Innerview: Jeni Comly.

 

May 2008: Fiscal Year End Preparation; ACARD Reallocation ABCs; Reporting System Tune-up; Q&A: Recruiting Costs; Q&A: Sales Tax on Giveaways; Q&A: Driver License number on checks; Innerview: Charlotte Whyte.

 

April 2008: Cash Control; New COA & Gift forms; Printing by Org Node; New Travel Account Codes; Service Center Equipment; Innerview: Lynda Reisinger; the usual features.

 

March 2008: Auxiliary Budgeting; FY09 GAIR Rate; Fund 28 EC Attributes; ePER Step-by-Steps; Approval is not a Rubberstamp; Non-Capital Cleanup; Faculty Computer Program; Q&A: PSLite Logon; Innerview: Jim Sheppard; the usual features.

 

February 2008: Expenditure Control Phase 3; New PV Reimbursement Restrictions; FY08 Continuing Budget Cutoff; BJEs and Expenditure Control; Incompatible Access; Data Update Project; Q&A: Free Movie Tickets; Innerview: Pat Dodson; the usual features.

 

January 2008: Mind the Monthly Close; Recognition and Training; Backward Cash Transfers; Portal to Portal; Sales Tax Rate Change; New Sales Tax License; Fund 30 Expenditure Control; Certify those PETs; CIW Got You Down?; Q&A: Key Contact Names; Approve Those Journals; Expense System Update; Mileage Rate Change; Innerview: Meg Thompson; the usual features.

 

 

2007 editions

 

December 2007: Payment Voucher PPS; Donation Activity & Holiday Parties; When PI's are Gone; Cell Phones & Projects; Per Diem & Projects; Calendar Deadlines; Excess Ticket Distribution; Chemical Alert; Q&A: Electronic Images of Documents; InnerView: Sutha Thanikasalam; the usual features.

 

November 2007: Home Internet Expense; Welcome to CU; Don't Post Journals after Close; Subclasses need unique speedtypes; Reports on Ice; Q&A: Reports that Consolidate Subclasses; Co-PIs Get Reports; Fiscal Staff Expansion Pack; Retention of University Records; JE Approval in a One-Person Office; Fundraising Events & Journal IDs; InnerView: Deedee Joeris; the usual features.

 

October 2007: What Reports Do You Use?; Advance Payment to Vendors PPS; Reporting System Tips & Tricks; Need to Add Fiscal Staff to Sponsored Projects?; Portal Changes Channels; SPO Automatic Close Periods; Travel Changes; SPA Email Address; Q&A: Expenditure Control; ePER Portal and Form Changes; InnerView: Chris "Z-Man" Zetterholm; the usual features.

 

September 2007: Q&A: When Not to Approve a JE; Records Retention New Policy; Incompatible Access; SPOs in Phase 2; Portal Report Dates; Financial Summary Report; Budget for ID Revenue & Transfers In; Amount Available; InnerView: Kathy Phillips; the usual features.

 

August 2007: Expenditure Control Success Strategy; EC can be EZ; New Fund 10 Expenditure Control Report; Fiscal Certification; Draft APS Policies; Q&A: Printing Multiple Reports; Updated COA Form; FPS & PPS Glossary; New Acronym List; InnverView: Demetria Ross; the usual features.

 

July 2007: Fiscal Year End Countdown; SAS 112; PET Deadline; Last Minute Mail to Denver; UCD Audit; FY08 Benefit Rates; Effort Reporting Red Flags; OCG Online PowerPoint; InnerView: Nataliia Frazier; the usual features.

 

June 2007: Fiscal Year End Calendar; FY08 Auxiliary Budgeting; Wireless PPS deadline; Inform Your Approvers; Q&A: Employee Recognition; Town Meeting Handouts; Goodbye Printed Reports; ISC Rate Sheets; New GAIR Rate; Updated COA Form; Cash Policy Change; InnerView: Diane Przygocki; the usual features.

 

May 2007: Fiscal Year End Prep; FY08 Auxiliary Budgeting; CIW Ad Hoc Report Survey; Q&A: Over-the-Counter Drugs for Employees; Personal Tech Guidelines; F&A on Simple Speedtype Query; Gift Training; ePERS Training; Fund 10 Expenditure Control; Fund 34 Expenditure Control; InnerView: Chris Seymour; the usual features.

 

April 2007: Incompatible Access; Audits and You; Capitalization of Costs; Credit Cards; FY08 Salary Uploads; GIK Changes; Spring Campus Forums; Q&A: Paying for Services; Q&A: GIK Tee Shirt; Expense System; Cash Advance Update; Personal Internet Expense; Newsletter Poll; Expenditure Control Phase 2; InnerView: Linda Johnson; the usual features.

 

March 2007: Sponsored Project News; New Controls for Wireless Telecom; Q&A: UPI Fund 80; Q&A: Gift Cards Same as Cash?; Q&A: Massages; ACARD not for Services; InnerView: Leila McCamey; the usual features.

 

February 2007: Expenditure Control Override; Budget Change Cutoff; N/A JE Status; Emergency Procurements; CIW Blues; Training Tab; OCG Trainings; New Petty Cash Form; Meet Steve McNally; InnerView with Hua Xu; the usual features.

 

January 2007: Mac computer support; Expenditure Control Forum; PS Headers Out of Date; ePERS Email & Training; Fiscal Roles and Sponsored Projects; PSLite's Latest Tool; Mileage Rate Increase; Sales Tax Increase; Need a Gift FOPPS?; Wire Transfer Q&A; the usual features.

 

2006 editions

 

December 2006 Special Edition: Change in PS Edit & Budget Check; SPO Automatic Close Period Under Review; If Your Gift FOPPS are Inactive; Own a Mac?

 

December 2006: Alcohol and Travel Policies & Procedures; Official Functions & Alcohol; Property Disposal Form; ePER Made Easy; New F&A Rates; InnerView with Jeanne Connely; the usual features.

 

November 2006: Look at 3 PSC Procedural Statements; Holiday Parties and Food Drives; Holiday Potluck Q&A; Certify Fund 30 PETs; CUConnect Open Forum; Calendar Freebie; ePER Notes; ePER QRC; New Phase 1 STs; InnerView with Lauren Caraballo; the usual features.

 

October 2006: Doing Business with the CU Foundation; Cost Sharing Gets a New Look; Campus Forum; ePERS Meeting; Records Disposal Date; Reporting System News; Expenditure Control Delay; InnerView with Bev Rogers; the usual features.

 

September 2006: Reporting System–What's Easy, What's Not; Expenditure Control Countdown; ePERS Training; PSLite New Model; Q&A Personal Use of University Facilities; InnerView with Maribel Markham; plus all the usual features.

 

August 2006: Q&A Self-Generated Revenue vs Profit & GAIR, More on Crediting an Expense, Reporting Tool: What to Expect, Gift Fund Training Deadline, ePERS, CU EthicsLine Goes Live, Boulder Tax Seminar, InnerView with Phensiri Phanichpatom, plus all the regular features.

 

July 2006: Q&A Commencement Regalia, Fiscal year-end edition with expanded deadline calendar, Year-end Homestretch, Gift Fund $0 Threshold, PERs Going Online, CU Ethics Hotline, New PSLite Version, Fringe Benefits Rates FY07, JE Survey Results, Reporting Tool on Track, InnerView with Sandra Godden, plus all the regular features.

 

June 2006: Fiscal year-end edition with expanded deadline calendar, Q&A Foundation Reimbursements, Q&A Crediting an Expense part III, CCS Online Forms, FY07 GAIR Rate, Hourly Work on Projects, Year-End Budgeting, COA Lite, Gift JE Approvals, InnerView with Pam Starbuck, plus all the regular features.

 

May 2006: Q&A Crediting an Expense Update, Project Audits & Fines, Fiscal Year End Preparation, Property Accounting, GIK Equipment, Fund 3x Cost Transfers, FY07 Auxiliary Budgeting, Simple Speedtype Query, Gift Training Deadline, Reporting Tool Materials, Cash Bar Change, Dirty Desks, ABS Quarterly Awards, InnerView with Laura Ragin, plus all the regular features.

 

April 2006: Q&A Crediting an Expense, Cost Sharing in a Nutshell, Q&A Outside Consulting, Gift JEs, FYE, Gift Cash Deficit Notices, InnerView with Terri Roark, plus all the regular features.

 

March 2006: Q&A Gift Check Processing, Gifts Used to be so Simple, Q&A Special Events, Official Functions With Alcohol Purchase, Reporting Tool Update, InnerView with Jud Hurd, plus all the regular features.

 

February 2006: Q&A Gifts in Kind, Q&A Clothing Supplied to Employees by Dept., CU Hosts NSF Conference, Fiscal Code of Ethics Training, Alcohol Purchases & Provisions, Financial Reporting Makeover, Sneak Peek at Gift Fund Changes, InnerView with Nataliia and Ksenia, plus all the regular features.

 

2005 editions (No newsletters were published from July 2005 to January 2006)

 

June 2005:  Contents include:  Employee Changes, Compensating Controls, Employee Reimbursements, Fraud, Thanks to Research Administrators, Practical Guidelines for Determining the Reasonable Cost of Lodging on sponsored Projects, Daily Fiscal Year End Email Reminders, Fiscal Year End Web Page, Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Plant Funds Budget Development,  New User Finance System Training, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

May 2005:  Contents include:  Employee Recognition, New Employees, Employee Changes, Compensating Controls, Employee Reimbursements, Special Event Administration, Fraud, Using the Payment Voucher and Travel Voucher with Fund 30 and Fund 31, SPA Approval and Procurement, Working with Your FOPPS at Fiscal Year End, Year End Town Meeting, Fiscal Year End Web Page, Property Accounting at Year End, Daily Email Reminders, Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Plant Funds Budget Development, Q&A on Softball League Fees, New User Finance System Training, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, FY2005 Continuing Budget change cutoff; ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

April 2005:  Contents include:  Employee Recognition, New Employees, Help Desk Hints, Finance System Access, Finding Unposted Journals, Encumbrance Journal Entries, SPA Approval for Subsystem Feeds through the Black Box, Balance Sheet Transactions Report, Effort Reporting, Fund 30 Cost Transfer Approvals, IN Journal Entries for Sponsored Projects, Records Management, Fraud, Auxiliary Fund and Renewal/Replacement Fund Budget Development, Q&A about Notary Licenses, Recognition Awards, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, FY2005 Continuing Budget change cutoff; ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

March 2005:  Contents include: New Director of Accounting, Upgrade Resources, IN Forms, Mainframe Processes and 8 Digit SpeedTypes, Cost Transfer Review Criteria, GAIR, Update to Chapter 12 (Accounts Receivable) of The Guide, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, FY2005 Continuing Budget change cutoff; ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

February 2005:  Contents include: Finance System Upgrade information, Fraud, Update to Chapter 10 (Cash Control) of The Guide, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, FY2005 Continuing Budget change cutoff; ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

January 2005:  Contents include New Staff in ABS, New Sales Tax Rate, New IN Forms, Mid-Year FOPPS Maintenance, Compliance Corner about Potential OIG Audit Topics, Fraud, Q&A about Sensitive Expenditures and Meals for Visiting Colleagues, Upgrade Communication Plan for CU-Boulder, Upgrade and the Black Box, Important Upgrade Dates, Org Operating Unit ChartField Attribute, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

2004 editions

 

December 2004:  Contents include BRS Detail of GL Transactions Reports, Collection Fees on Accounts sent to CCS, Outstanding Wire Transfers, Fraud, Sponsored Projects Accounting Chapter of The Guide, PET Approval for Funds 30 and 31, Q&A about Sensitive Expenditures and Meals for Spouses or Significant Others; Upgrade Timing and Training, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

December 2004 Newsletter in pdf.

 

November 2004:  Contents include:  ABS Name Change, New SPA Staff, Changes in SPA Agency Assignments, Tuition and PETs, PET Approvals, Compliance Corner, Fraud, Finance System Upgrade, Outstanding Wire Transfers, UBIT, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

November 2004 Newsletter in pdf.

 

October 2004Contents include:  Flat Benefit Rates, Fraud, Finance System Upgrade, Opening PSLite, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers,  Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, and an Updated ABS Staff List.

 

October 2004 Newsletter in pdf.

 

September 2004Contents include:  Staff Announcement, Allowable Costs, Q&A Addressing Sale of Equipment, Fringe Benefits Timing, Fraud, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers, Default Departmental Payroll Suspense SpeedType, Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, Updated ABS Staff List, Finance System Upgrade.

 

August 2004Contents include:  Cost Sharing, E-Bay Purchases, Fraud, Training and Education, Records Management, Payroll Expense Transfers, Default Departmental Payroll Suspense SpeedType, Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, Updated ABS Staff List.

 

July 2004:  Contents include:  New SPA Accountant, Year End Wrap Up - Uncorrected Errors, Supporting Detail for Balance Sheet Accounts, Fringe Benefit Rates, General Fund Budget Rollforward, General fund Budget Cash Carry Forward, Auxiliary/Renewal & Replacement FOPPS, Change to Wells Fargo Routing Transit Number, New Sponsored Projects Newsletter Feature, Cost Transfer Policy, Fraud, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers, Default Departmental Payroll Suspense SpeedType, Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Financial Deadlines, ABS Web Site, Updated ABS Staff List.

 

June 2004:  Contents include:  New Director of Accounting, New SPA Accountant, Essential Website for Fiscal Year End, Important Documents for Fiscal Year End, Payroll Suspense at Fiscal Year End, Old Payroll Suspense Clearing Entries, Inventory, Property Accounting, Procurement Service Center Year End Information, Sponsored Project Checks, Outstanding Wire Transfers, Internal Service Center 2005 Rate Calculation, 2005 Auxiliary and Renewal/Replacement Budget Development, FY2005 Dates, Training and Education, Payroll Deadlines, Campus Fiscal Year End Deadlines and Key Dates, Procurement Deadlines, ABS Web Site, Updated ABS Staff List.

 

May 2004:  Contents include:  SPA Staff Changes, SPA - Lessons to Learn from NSF Audit, Draft of SPA Chapter of The Guide, NCURA Annual Meeting, Working with Departmental FOPPS at Year End, Approaching Fiscal Year End Deadlines, Fiscal Year End Information on ABS Web Site, Fiscal Year End Town Meeting, Internal Service Center 2005 Rate Calculation, FY2005 Auxiliary and Renewal/Replacement Budgets, Training and Education, Payroll Expense Transfers, Default Departmental Payroll Suspense SpeedTypes, Essential FOPPS Maintenance, Payroll Deadlines, Routine Monthly ABS Deadlines, ABS Web Site, ABS Staff List, Late-Breaking Petty Cash News.

 

April 2004:  Contents include:  ABS Welcomes a New Accountant, SPA Accountant Agency Changes, Updated ABS Staff List, Moratorium on Creating New Accounts, FY2005 Budget Planning Information, Restrictions on Credit Card Receipts, Sales Tax Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer, Year End Town Meeting, Fiscal Year End Information on the ABS Web Site, DRAFT of the Sponsored Projects Accounting Chapter of The Guide, National Science Foundation Report relative to Sponsored Projects, NCURA Annual Meeting, INs, , Training and Education Offerings, Payroll Expense Transfers, Deadlines, Essential FOPPS Maintenance, ABS Web Site, Q&A about Using Petty Cash to Purchase Gasoline (DON'T!).

 

March 2004:  Contents include:  ABS Reorganization and Staff Changes, Video Relay Service, Outstanding Wire Transfers, Year-End Town Meeting, DRAFT Administrative Policy Statement about the Foundation, Payroll Expense Transfers, Training and Education Offerings, Deadlines, Essential FOPPS Maintenance, ABS Staff Listing.

 

February 2004: Contents include:  Deadlines, FY 2004 General Fund Continuing Budget Change Cutoff, Update to Chapter 10 of The guide pertaining to Cash Control, ABS FTE Policy, Q&A Addressing ACARD Purchases from State Contracts and Gifts - Faculty Gifts Restricted for the Faculty's Programs, Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List

 

January  2004: Contents include:  Deadlines, Chart of Accounts, Updates to The Guide, Prohibition on Recording Social Security Number or Credit Card Number When Accepting Checks, SPA Tips (Tuition, PETs and Tuition, SPA Staff Changes), Q&A (Sensitive Expenditures, Work-Study PETs, Official Service Provider Designation, Private Property Destruction Reimbursement),  Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List

 

2003 editions

 

December  2003: Contents include:   Deadlines, Holiday Schedule for Transfers from the CU Foundation to CU-Boulder, Sales Tax, CU Foundation Development Officers, Cash Transfers, ID Revenue and Expense Account Edits, Operating Expense General Budget Account Change, Training and Education Offerings  Area Accountants, SPA Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

November  2003: Contents include:   Deadlines, Holiday Schedule for Transfers from the CU Foundation to CU-Boulder, Gift FOPPS, SPA Tips about: Tuition Updates, NCURA and Cost Transfers, Cost Sharing, NCURA and Policies and Audit Risk;  Property Accounting - Follow-up Review of Equipment Physical Inventory Control, Q&A addressing Sensitive Expenditures, Salary Expense Accounting and ACARD Receipts;  Training and Education Offerings;  Area Accountants, SPA Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

October  2003: Contents include:   Deadlines, ABS Employee Recognition, SPA Tips,  Update to The Guide; PS Lite Update, Journal Source Codes, Tackle The Guide course,  Training and Education Offerings;  Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

September  2003: Contents include:   Deadlines, ABS Employee Recognition, Update to The Guide, Search Tips for ABS Web Pages, Records Management program, Correction of Fringe Benefit Rate Error, Q&A addressing Sensitive Expenditures, Training and Education Offerings,  Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

August  2003: Contents include:   ABS Phone Number Change; Deadlines;  SPA Tips addressing Federal Fiscal Year End on September 30th, Tuition Updates; Q&A addressing Expense Reimbursement/Revenue, Calling Cards, ACARD E-Bay Paypal Accounts, Financial Aid Payments; Training and Education Offerings;  Area Accountants; and an  ABS Staff List.

 

July  2003:Contents include:   Deadlines;  Newly Revised Sponsored Project Cost Policies; Interdepartmental Revenue/Expenses and Sales to Agency FOPPS;  Update to the Cash Control Chapter of The Guide; General Fund Budget Rollforward; Budget Cash Carryforward; FY 2004 Auxiliary/Renewal & Replacement Budget Development; Fringe Benefit Rates and Encumbrances; SPA Tips - Mange Cost Transfers, PETs, Spring 2003 PERS;  PS Lite File Update; Training and Education Offerings;  Area Accountants; and an  ABS Staff List.

 

June  2003: Contents include:  Year-End Close Information;  Deadlines;  FY 2004 Auxiliary/Renewal & Replacement Budget Development; Internal Service Center Rate Worksheets; SPA Tips about PERS; Update to the Accounts Receivable Chapter of The Guide; Training and Education Offerings;  Area Accountants; and an  ABS Staff List.

 

May  2003: Contents include:  Year-End Closing Town Meeting; Deadlines;  FY 2004 Auxiliary/Renewal & Replacement Budget Development; Internal Service Center Rate Worksheets; SPA Tips about: 154xxxx Project Numbers, Spring 2003 Tuition Remission, Payroll and Tuition Remission Adjustments, Summer Tuition Remission, Spending University Cost Sharing/Matching Funds;  FY2004 GAIR Rates;  UCB Allocation of Fringe Benefits using Flat Rates;  PS Lite Update;  ABS Mission Statement;  ABS Quarterly Employee Recognition; Training and Education Offerings;  Area Accountants; and an  ABS Staff List.

 

April 2003: Contents include:  Deadlines;  SPA Tips about PETs, "CAR" Test for Grant Expenses, Prohibition of Cash Tranfers on Projects; Depreciation and Voluntary Transfer Accounts; FY2004 Auxiliary/Renewal & Replacement Funds Budget Development; ABS Quarterly Employee Recognition; Training and Education Offerings including the annual  Accounts Receivable Workshop in addition to the standard offerings;  Area Accountants; and an  ABS Staff List.

 

March 2003: Contents include:  Deadlines,  SPA Tips about NCURA Conferences and PERS, The Departmental Financial Management Guide (The Guide),  Training and Education Offerings including an Internal Service Center Workshop and an Accounts Receivable Workshop in addition to the standard offerings,  Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

February 2003: Contents include:  Deadlines, Budget Position Number Format, ABS Feedback Survey, SPA Tip about Revenue Accounts on Projects, SPA Area Accountants, Auxiliary Recharge Rate for the Eco Pass Program, Training and Education Offerings including PS Lite Training, Q&A about Pooled Investment Earnings, Workers' Compensation, & Collection Costs,  Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

January  2003: Contents include:  Deadlines, SPA Tip about Cost Sharing, ABS Feedback Survey, Account 699999, Training and Education Offerings, New Staff Member, Area Accountants, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

2002 editions

 

December 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, SPA Tips, Business Process Survey, Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, Q&A about Accounts Receivable/Credit Cards, Sale of Equipment, Moving Expense Reimbursement, Payroll, PeopleSoft Error Message, PeopleSoft Finance Access by Temporary Employees, and Uniform Allowance, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

November 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, Q&A about Pooled Investment Earnings, Credit Card Vendor Fees, Salary Overpayments, Ticket Sales Accounts, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

October 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, New Campus Sales Tax Policy, PAS Procedures, Quick Reference Cards, Thanks to those who completed the Business Operations Questionnaire,   Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, Q&A about Instructional Fees, Memberships to Retail Stores, and Outside Organizations, and an  ABS Staff List.

 

September 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, Reminder to Complete Business Operations Questionnaire, PAS Procedures on Equipment Deletion,  Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, Q&A about Employee Awards or Gifts, Employee Reimbursement, Equipment, Meal Cost, PeopleSoft Finance Security Access, Study Subjects, Uniform Allowance, and an ABS Staff List.

 

August 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, Business Operations Questionnaire, The Stampede, Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, Q&A about Accounts Receivable Write-Off Approvals, and an ABS Staff List.

 

July  2002: Contents include:   Deadlines,  FY2003 Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Fund Budgets, General Fund Budget Rollforward, Budget Cash Carryforward, Property Accounting Inventory Database, Training and Education Offerings, Area Accountants, Q&A about Official Functions/Meals, Donations, Checks, Journal Entries, Tax Numbers, Budget ChecK Module/Edit Check,  and an ABS Staff List.

 

June 2002: Contents include:  Year-End Close Deadlines,  FY2003 Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Fund Budget Development, Property Accounting Inventory Database, Property Accounting Updates, FY03 GAR/GIR Rates, Training and Education Offerings, Q&A about Payroll Encumbrances,  and an ABS Staff List.

 

May 2002: Contents include:  Year-End Close Meeting, Deadlines,  FY2003 Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Fund Budget Development, Streamlining of General Fund Employer-Paid Benefits, Training and Education Offerings, Q&A about Auxiliary Enterprises, Royalty Income, Revenue, Cash Transfers (including Cash Transfer Table), and an ABS Staff List.

 

April 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines,  Information for New Hires, FY2003 Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Fund Budget Development, Training and Education Offerings, Q&A about Telephones (Cell Phones), and an ABS Staff List.

 

March 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, Change to Fund 20 Title, Audit Report, Personnel Effort Reports, Records Management Policy, Information for New Hires, FY2003 Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Fund Budget Development, Training and Education Offerings, Q&A about Equipment, ACARD/Postage, Checks/Financial Aid, and an ABS Staff List.

 

February 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, Personnel Effort Reports for Fall 2001 Semester, Records Management Policy, Information for New Hires, FY2003 Auxiliary Fund and Renewal & Replacement Fund Budget Development, Training and Education Offerings

 

January 2002: Contents include:  Deadlines, Sales Tax Rate Change for 2002, Property Accounting System Manual, Training and Education Offerings, Q&A.

 

2001 editions

 

December 2001: Contents include: Deadlines, The Guide, The Primer, Sales Tax Rate Change for 2002, Benefits Estimates Update, Property Accounting System Manual, Training and Education Offerings, Q&A

 

November 2001:Contents include:  Deadlines, Payroll Suspense, Use of International Air Carriers, Budget Position Numbers including Vacancy Savings Numbers, Property Accounting System Manual, Training Opportunities, Q&A.

 

October 2001: Contents include: Deadlines, Training Opportunities, Q&A.

 

September 2001: Contents include: ABS Web Site, The Primer,, Training Opportunities, Journal Source Codes, New Q&A Feature.

 

August 2001: Contents include: Reminder from Property Accounting Office, Training Opportunities, ABS Web Site, The Guide, New Student Faculty General Budget Accounts, IN Forms.

 

July 2001: Contents include: Property Transfer Requirements, Change in the Use of Renewal & Replacement Plant Funds, Change in Allowable Expense Accounts, New Student Faculty General Budget Accounts, General Fund Rollforward, General Fund Budget Balance Available Cash Carryforward, Training Opportunities.

 

June 2001:  Contents include: FY01 Year-End Close Information and Significant Dates, Payroll Suspense, Training Opportunities.

 

May 2001:  Contents include:  Year-End Closing Town Meeting,  FY2002 GAR & GIR Rates,   Auxiliary Fund, Renewal & Replacement Fund FY02 Budget Development ,  ABS web site, The Guide,  End of Funding Suspense Report, Funding Distribution Approvals,  Training Opportunities,  Budget Position Number Format,  Budget Preparation for Fiscal Year-End.

 

April 2001:  Contents include:  FY2002 GAR & GIR Rates,  FY 2001Continuing Budget Change Cutoff,  ABS web site,  PBA web site, The Guide,  End of Funding Suspense Report,  Journal Source Codes,  Training Opportunities,  Position Budget Number Format.

 

March 2001: Contents include:  ABS web site,  FY 2001Continuing Budget Change Cutoff, The Guide,  End of Funding Suspense Report,  Payroll Suspense, Fund Transfers,  Financial Administrator Workshops,  Auxiliary Fund, Renewal&Replacement Fund Budget Workshops.

 

February 2001: Contents include:  New Staff Members,  Auxiliary Fund, Renewal&Replacement Fund Budget Workshops.

 

January 2001: Contents include:  Equipment and Furniture Disposal.

 

2000 editions (November and December only.)

 

December 2000: Contents include:  ABS Description,  Salary Survey Budget Allocations, JE Policy.

 

November 2000: Contents include:  ABS Structure, Closing General Fund FOPPS, JE Policy.

 

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