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Enhanced Financial Web Reports – We’ve gone RED

We have upgraded our CIS-based Financial Web Reports, and are excited to announce that they have a fresh, new, RED look! Our users will notice enhancements to the functionality, including: Management Reports/Journal Detail now consolidates UShop spend by Voucher number. … Continue reading

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Lowe’s State Contract MA087 Update

This State contract offers a 5% discount by use of a key fob which is scanned at the register or the PRO desk. The discount is only for University purchases. Lowe’s key fobs may be requested by email to: askme@purchasing.utah.edu … Continue reading

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State Contract News: OfficeMax Merges with Office Depot

OfficeMax and Office Depot, two of our current state contracted office supply vendors, announced a merger agreement as business partners. As with all important business decisions, we are confident that Office Depot (contract MA142) and OfficeMax (MA1595) will continue to … Continue reading

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Gifts, Emoluments, Gratuities, Rewards, Loans, What Does it All Mean?

Many questions arise regarding the acceptance of gifts or the other descriptive words used in University Policy and State Statute. Now is a good time of year to review some of the basics. University Policy 1-006 Individual Financial Conflict of … Continue reading

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FBS Clarifies Procurement Policies

NEW PROCEDURE – Policy 3-100, in reference to Section III.D.2. (Vendor prepayments) This section of University Procurement Policy addresses certain procedural issues related to advance vendor payments, which are generally not allowed.  The new procedure clarifies which approvals are necessary … Continue reading

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Vendor Search Options on the WEB

A new vendor search tool is available under Administrative Financials within the Employee Portal. It appears as Vendor Search below TRANSACTION DETAIL SEARCH. Because of its advanced query capabilities this option will allow the user to significantly narrow the range … Continue reading

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