August 31, 2020
Mileage Reimbursement Updates for Sponsored Awards from the State of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ
As we kick-off FY21, there are some important updates from the State of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ related to sponsored awards.
Business Matters
July 9, 2020
Airline Savings Program Development
Although the university community has been unable to travel these last several months, the Travel Office has been busy working with the Inter-University Counsel-Purchasing Group (IUC-PG) and CBT to develop an airline discount program.
July 9, 2020
Travel Restrictions Update
As communicated to the university in the July 2, 2020 OHIO News article , the in-state travel ban has been lifted. However, all other travel is still suspended until further notice.
July 9, 2020
Cost Share Award Process Reminder and Update
Cost share awards start with a 3 and represent the portion of costs not paid for by the sponsor on a grant. There are two types of cost share that must be tracked and require an account.
July 9, 2020
Disabling of Function 42 - Deans and Provost for FY21
The proposal to eliminate function 42-Deans and Provost was discussed with both the CFAO Group & the Accounting & Reporting Partner Group.
July 9, 2020
Changes to the JET Upload Process
In the past, when entering a JET entry, the Preparer field was not to be changed. As the JET process continues to evolve, Finance has implemented a change which allows us to import both the logged in user’s Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ ID (JET Processor) and the JET Preparer fields into E-biz.
July 9, 2020
OBI Dashboard Enhancements
Over the last few months, we have deployed some new changes to the OBI dashboards.
FARM Approvers
The dashboard now provides the option for selecting ICD approval roles in the prompts. When using the Approvers by Org view, you can view the valid ICD approvers for any organization.
July 9, 2020
Shred-It Pickup Schedule
Shred-It, the University’s paper shredding service provider, will continue to pick up confidential shredding during the COVID-19 by appointment only. Shred-It normally has regularly scheduled pickup days with departments using their services.
July 9, 2020
Direct Deposit for New Suppliers
Effective March 16, 2020, direct deposit is now required for all NEW suppliers. This change has been implemented to ensure business continuity for payments to our vendors especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 9, 2020
New PCards - COMING SOON
The University will be changing purchasing card providers. Bank of America will be the new provider and we plan to distribute new cards to cardholders in mid-October.
More details related to training materials and card distribution will be forthcoming in future newsletters and at the Business Forum in August.