Latest Grants and Contracts Accounting News

New Manager of Grants and Contracts Accounting

Posted October 24, 2013 in Controller, Grants and Contracts Accounting.

Financial & Business Services is pleased to announce that Dawn Atterbury has joined the Controller / Financial Management department as the Manager of Grants and Contracts Accounting and will report directly to Ken Erickson, the Associate Director of Grants and … Continue reading →

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EOR Enhancements Have Arrived!

Posted October 3, 2013 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

The Evidence of Review (EOR) WEB application debuted last winter. Many of you have used this application to indicate evidence of review of your Activity/Project Monthly Management Reports. The feedback of EOR has been very positive, including several great suggestions … Continue reading →

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Federal F&A Cost Study Information Sessions

Posted September 13, 2013 in Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

re: Upcoming Space Inventory/Survey October 9, 2013 WHAT? Overview of the University’s current efforts to renegotiate new F&A (Facilities & Administrative) rates with the federal government – especially the role that the upcoming SPACE SURVEY plays in maximizing the F&A … Continue reading →

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Grants and Contracts Accounting – Announcement

Posted August 13, 2013 in Grants and Contracts Accounting.

Bob Turner has chosen to voluntarily resign his position as Manager of Grants and Contracts Accounting and to seek other opportunities. We wish him the best of luck. The manager duties and responsibilities will temporarily fall to Ken Erickson, as … Continue reading →

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Track PARs with a new FIL

Posted July 23, 2013 in Grants and Contracts Accounting, Management Accounting and Analysis and tagged .

Have you ever wanted to know the status of the PAR you returned to Cost Accounting?  A new FIL has been created to help you. This new FIL is located in the EFFORT REPORTS folder in the Financial Information Library (FIL). It is called: … Continue reading →

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FBS Announces the Retirement of Gary Gledhill

Posted June 11, 2013 in Financial Services, Grants and Contracts Accounting.

Financial & Business Services would like to invite you to the retirement celebration of Gary Gledhill Join Us: June 28th, 2013 – 2 pm to 4 pm In the FS Training Room 404 Park Building For more than 36 years … Continue reading →

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PAM Update – Closeouts, Billings and AR

Posted June 11, 2013 in Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged , .

We need your valuable assistance and cooperation to timely process sponsored research billings and close outs. We know that you, too, have identified certain critical projects requiring GCA staff actions. The Project Administration and Management (“PAM”) initiative has been implemented … Continue reading →

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Project Negative Encumbrance ERRORS

Posted March 15, 2013 in Financial Services, Financial Services Technical Support, Grants and Contracts Accounting.

We feel it important to inform you of an error that exists in the Financial System. There are projects that have a NEGATIVE ENCUMBRANCE(s) on the Management Reports and all other reports that reflect encumbrances. This error is limited to non-payroll … Continue reading →

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F&A Encumbrance Posted!

Posted March 11, 2013 in Grants and Contracts Accounting and tagged .

We have posted the F&A Encumbrance  just in time for the February 2013 Month End Close.  No March F&A Encumbrance adjustments have been posted yet. We are committed to posting this at least once a month (at month end) and in the … Continue reading →

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F&A Encumbrance Still Incorrect

Posted February 11, 2013 in Grants and Contracts Accounting.

As reported last month, we are having issues with the F&A Encumbrance calculation. The F&A Encumbrance is incorrect on several Projects on the January 2013 Management report. We do not currently have a resolution to this problem. We have reversed ALL F&A Encumbrances … Continue reading →

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