In Step with Steve Agostini – August 2019

In Focus profile of Justin Hanford, Account Supervisor of Accounts Payable.

Procurement Services has increased the purchase threshold for Agilent to $25,000 per order, marking the next phase of our ePro order threshold increase project.

The purpose of this memorandum is to remind business staff of the 2019-20 enrollment process for the Graduate Student Health Insurance Program as well as other pertinent information. The 2019-20 policy year is from August 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020.

This memorandum is an annual notice explaining the method used to calculate biweekly regular pay for SHRA Permanent Staff. While biweekly pay is based on an employee’s annual salary for the fiscal year (July 1 to June 30), the 26 biweekly payrolls cover a different time period than the University’s fiscal year.

Procurement Services is introducing new training and infraction policies in order to improve P-Card monitoring and auditing. Policy, procedure and form changes have been reviewed by campus stakeholders and are now published, including a new policy, 1253 Policy on Purchase Card (P-Card) Infractions.

Per diem rates adjusted for 2019-2021.

Due to a fire at the Fisher Scientific Data Center, the Fisher Scientific punchout catalog is currently down for all orders.

Airgas and Arc 3 schedule for the Fourth of July: both will be closed for the holiday.

Brian Smith has decided to conclude his service as Senior Assistant Vice Chancellor and Treasurer to accept a new opportunity at University of Michigan as Associate Vice President for Finance, effective July 15.