Latest Compliance Oversight and Reporting News

Revised Space Rental/Lease Account Codes

Posted March 11, 2020 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting, Cost Accounting and Analysis, Financial Reporting and Accounting and tagged .

The Property Accounting Office and Controllers Office are informing you of required changes to the Space Rental/Lease Account Codes due to Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) No. 87 on Leases to be implemented July 1, 2020. The statement requires the … Continue reading →

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Correctly Answering Questions on the Scholarship / Fellowship / Traineeship Form

Posted July 31, 2019 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged .

Central Administration has seen multiple instances where the question on the Traineeship Form “Is the payment for a current UofU Employee?” has been answered incorrectly (i.e. “No” when it should be “Yes”). For those completing this form, you are asked … Continue reading →

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Adequate Documentation for non-SRC and non-Auxiliary Journal Entries

Posted May 13, 2019 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged , .

Adequate Documentation for Journal Entries Submitted by Departments that are not an approved Service/Recharge Center or University Auxiliary With the demise of the Campus Order Form almost a year ago, a number of internal billing transactions once submitted on that … Continue reading →

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Participant Support Costs and Participant Compensation

Posted January 29, 2018 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged .

Accounting for Participant Support Costs To ensure compliance with Federal Regulations for Participant Support Costs (PSC), please be aware of the following changes: Account codes for Participant Support Costs have been updated and revised. The use of these account codes … Continue reading →

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NIH Salary Cap Increase

Posted March 20, 2017 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged .

On January 8, 2017, a new NIH salary cap amount of $187,000 went into effect. The Federal Government FY 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act states that the NIH salary cap amount is tied to the amount of the Federal Executive Salary … Continue reading →

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Exciting new changes to EDR/ePAR

Posted September 22, 2016 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting, Cost Accounting and Analysis and tagged , , .

Based on your valued feedback and suggestions for the EDR/ePAR application, we have put in some new enhancements on Wednesday, September 21. They include: K Award and HHS Cap reminder popups The ABA displayed at the top of the EDR … Continue reading →

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Cost Transfer Process And Form Have Been Updated

Posted August 9, 2016 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged .

Research Management and Compliance announces that the Cost Transfer (CT) requirements and documentation expectations have been updated. As a result, the following items have been added, updated, or clarified: Many corrections can now be processed using only an eJournal (instead … Continue reading →

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New Manager of Cost Accounting & Analysis

Posted March 30, 2016 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting, Cost Accounting and Analysis.

Financial & Business Services is pleased to announce that Robert Allen has joined the Research Management & Compliance department (effective April 1, 2016) as the Manager of Cost Accounting & Analysis and will report directly to Ken Erickson, the Director … Continue reading →

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NIH Salary Cap Increase

Posted February 3, 2016 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged .

The NIH salary cap has been increased by about 1 percent to $185,100 effective January 10, 2016. NIH ties the salary cap to the Federal pay scale for employees in “Executive Level II” positions. The new cap was part of … Continue reading →

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Electronic Personal Activity Reporting (ePAR) is Coming!

Posted May 7, 2015 in Compliance Oversight and Reporting and tagged .

The Department of Compliance Oversight and Reporting is excited to announce the transition of the University from paper PAR’s to ePAR, an electronic system for certifying quarterly effort. A pilot group is testing ePAR as part of the FY 15, … Continue reading →

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