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| Absence Management |
PeopleSoft 8.9 Upgrade and Absence Management Projects - Key Dates |
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| Absence Management Implementation |
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| Absence Management Object Codes to be added to CREW Financial Reports in July |
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| Absence Management Financial & Grants Management Reporting in CREW |
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| November Early Deadlines for Time & Labor Reporting, Absence Approvals and Payroll Processing |
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| Reporting Absences for Dec. 24 1/2 Day Holiday |
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| December 2007 Deadlines for Absence Approvals |
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| When and How to Report and Approve Time During the 2007/2008 Winter Recess |
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| Special Time & Labor and Absence Management Deadlines for the July 4 Holiday |
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| Absence Management Year-End Reminders |
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| Accounting Policies |
New Internal Billing Policies |
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| Accounting Policy Issuances: Expense Recognition and Facilities & Equipment |
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| Accounts
Payable |
Vendor payment cycle
(University policy on paying vendors) |
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| Wire payments, specifying
the corresponding bank |
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| New security feature
for Web Voucher |
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| How Harvard recovers overpayments
to vendors |
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| Vendor setup process changes |
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| US Dollar Wire Transfers now go to Accounts Payable |
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| Accounts
Receivable |
FAQs
about Accounts Receivable |
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| AR
project |
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| July
26, 2000 update |
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| Local
unit representatives |
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| Online
survey for AR end users |
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| August
12, 2000 update |
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| Project
timeline |
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| Current
business process compared to new process |
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| AR
end user survey results |
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| AR
conversion schedule announced |
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| AR
training offerings announced |
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| AR
training registration and schedule |
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| Receivables
project update |
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| Resources
available to support AR users |
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| Incomplete
invoices |
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| Who
does what in the AR Department |
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| How
accounts receivable credit processing works |
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| A
change to aging bucket ranges in the Outstanding Customer Aging
Summary report |
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| Get
AR charges deducted from your Harvard paycheck |
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| New
report on Inactivated Customer Sites; enhanced Bad Debt Write
Off report |
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| New
report: Bad Debt Recoveries |
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| New University policies and procedures for AR |
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| Central AR Bad Debt Reserve Policy |
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| American
Express Corporate Card |
Amex
increases fees effective May 1, 2002 |
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| Checking
your Amex account status online |
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| Amex
increases delinquency fees as of Sept. 15, 2003 |
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| GE
Capital MasterCard to replace Amex as Harvard's corporate card |
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| AWS2 |
How
to download reports into Excel |
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| System
performance improvements |
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| Six
new AWS2 reports (December 2000) |
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| Sponsored reports migrating to CREW |
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| AWS2 / HUDINI reports migrating to CREW in March / April 2006 |
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| AWS2 / HUDINI reports moving to CREW in March 2006 |
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| Access to CREW financial reports delayed until March 20, 2006 |
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| Updated CREW tutorial available on ABLE |
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| AWS2 & HUDINI to be decommissioned on 4/30/06 |
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| AWS3 |
How
to get PeopleSoft or AWS3 access |
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| AWS3
graduates from "beta" to "production," has new
reports |
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| New
and enhanced AWS3 reports |
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| Installing
Brio plug-in 6.6.3 |
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| Enhancements
to the AWS3 Individual Job Profile |
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| Installing
Brio plug-in 6.6.4 |
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| AWS3
reporting updates |
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| New
reports and role available in AWS3 |
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| Reporting
update |
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| Benefits |
Timing of benefits deductions changed for new employees |
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| Get ready for Web-based benefits enrollment |
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| Reminders from the Disability Claims Unit |
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| Budget
Tool |
Running
the Budget Variance Report from the Budget Tool |
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| Release
11, detailed information on changes to Budget Tool application |
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| Changes
to Fiscal and Sponsored Budget Tool due to FINDINI 2.0.1 release |
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| Budget
Variance Report |
Running
from the Budget Tool |
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| Capitalizing
Equipment |
Determining
whether equipment should or should not be capitalized |
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| Cash
Management |
Effective
May 1, 2001, credit voucher receipts will be entered using Oracle
AR system |
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| Cash
receipt transactions to appear on detail listing in a different
format |
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| Cash
Management area debuts on ABLE |
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| A
better discount and clearer, more timely data for Harvard's Amex
"merchant" departments |
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| New
Cash Management Reconciliation Application (CMRA) and escheat process
implemented |
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| Unclaimed
incoming wire transfers |
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| US Dollar Wire Transfers now go to Accounts Payable |
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| Cash Receipts Office |
Cash Receipts Office is Moving in May |
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| Cash Receipts Office is Moving in May |
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| Chart
of Accounts |
Special
e-News edition devoted to Apps Admin and Harvard's Chart
of Accounts |
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| Changes
to the CoA object code list |
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| Convenience Copier Program |
A new Convenience Copier program through IKON Office Solutions |
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| Credit
Memos |
How
vendor credit memos work |
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| New
credit memo procedure with FINDINI 2.0.2 |
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| Credit
Vouchers |
Effective
May 1, 2001, credit voucher receipts will be entered using Oracle
AR system |
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| CREW |
Overview of Harvard's
new Common Reporting Environment for the Warehouse (CREW) |
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| link to CREW presentation
given to HR Users' Group in April 2004 |
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| Getting ready
for CREW |
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| Sponsored reports migrating to CREW |
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| CREW enhancements on Feb. 28, 2005 |
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| CREW enhancements on June 14, 2005 |
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| Legacy AWS / IU reports released to CREW on June 27, 2005 |
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| AWS2 / HUDINI reports migrating to CREW in March / April 2006 |
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| AWS2 / HUDINI reports moving to CREW in March 2006 |
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| Access to CREW financial reports delayed until March 20, 2006 |
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| CREW release notes |
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| Updated CREW tutorial available on ABLE |
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| 2006 Fiscal Year End Reporting |
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| CREW Release Details |
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| CREW Sponsored Report Enhancements released on April 22 |
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| CREW Data Refreshes During FY07 Year-End |
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| Updates to CREW HRMS Reports |
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| Absence Management Object Codes to be added to CREW Financial Reports in July |
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| Absence Management Financial & Grants Management Reporting in CREW |
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| Student Administrator Reports are Now Available in CREW |
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| New Flag Highlights New or Edited Report |
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| HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse |
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| New Grants Management CREW Report Available |
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| HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse (DWHRPRD) |
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| CREW and Oracle Outages January and February; Oracle Financial Systems and CREW Reporting Impacts |
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| HRMS Updates: 2 New CREW Reports and Enhancements to 2 Existing CREW Reports |
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| HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports |
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| January Enhancements to the Sponsored CREW Monthly Salary Cert. Report |
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| CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements |
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| Fiscal year-end reporting guidance and tips |
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| HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports |
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| HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse (DWHRPRD); and CREW HR REL 20.0 Outage |
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| Preview of CREW Financial Report Enhancements Coming in June |
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| Oracle Financials and CREW Outages June 20-24 |
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| FY08 Reporting Year End Close Website |
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| FINDINI 3.2.5 CREW Financial Reports Enhancements |
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| Human Resources Data Warehouse and Reporting News: HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports |
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| CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements |
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| By the Numbers: The Growth of CREW |
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| Year End Reporting in CREW – See for Yourself |
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| Human Resources Data Warehouse and Reporting News- HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW HRMS Reports |
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| CSMA |
Overview of Harvard's
new Chart & Security Maintenance Application (CSMA) |
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| Daylight Saving Time |
System Changes Due to New DST Dates |
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| Desktop Standards |
Desktop standards for PCs and Macs |
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| New Desktop Standards issued |
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| Updates to University Desktop Standards |
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| Egencia |
Expedia Corporate Travel Changing Name to Egencia |
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| Electronic
Shop & Pay |
Pilot underway
for Harvard's Electronic Shop & Pay system |
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| e-News |
FAQs,
including troubleshooting |
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| How
the e-News listproc is generated, how to change your contact information,
and how to unsubscribe |
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| Equipment
Coding/ Tagging/ Management |
New
guidelines for coding equipment, effective July 1, 2000 |
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| Equipment Tagging forms |
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| Sponsored equipment management process
is now decentralized |
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| ESP |
Pilot underway
for Harvard's Electronic Shop & Pay system |
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| Expedia
Corporate Travel |
Harvard's
new virtual travel agent: Expedia Corporate Travel |
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| Expedia Corporate Travel Changing Name to Egencia |
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| Extra
Compensation |
New
Extra Comensation form effective July 1, 2000 |
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| New Extra Comensation codes for FY2007 |
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| FAD Systems Solutions |
New Website Launched for FAD Systems Solutions |
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| Feeder
Systems |
Special
note for users of AP feeder systems (avoiding duplicate invoice
numbers) |
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| Federal
Express |
Using
PCard to pay Federal Express |
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| Financial
Administration |
Financial
applications status |
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| Whom
to call in FAD for help |
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| Helpdesk |
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| FAD
Training web site up and running |
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| FAD
e-News FAQs |
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| How
to unsubscribe from the FAD e-News |
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| Information
on the project underway to find better password and sign-on solutions |
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| A
new and improved OFS web site |
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| Several financial operations within Office of the Controller moving to 1033 Mass. Ave. |
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| Financial Administration Closing Early on July 13 |
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| Check Out Updates to the FAD Homepage |
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| Financial Administration (FAD) Winter Release Schedule to be Published mid-December |
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| Financial
Policies |
Access
to Harvard's Financial Systems |
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| Accounting
for Miscellaneous Unrestricted Receipts |
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| Capitalization
and Depreciation of Property, Plant, and Equipment |
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| Capitalization
and Depreciation of Property, Plant, and Equipment -- Schedule F
updated, April 2001 |
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| Cash
Management Series: Requesting New Bank Accounts |
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| Check
Processing: AP / Web Voucher |
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| Credit
Memos |
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| Direct
Debits |
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| Documentation
Retention Procedures for Common Financial Transactions |
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| Employee
Gifts and Celebratory Events |
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| Guidance
on the Appropriate Segregation of Duties |
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| Human
Subjects Payment |
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| INS
(Visa Payments) |
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| Individual
Independent Contractor / Consultant - Classification and Procedures |
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| Internal
interest policies |
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| Internal
transfer policies |
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| Internet
Service Provider Payment |
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| Long
Term Operating Advances and Foreign Bank Accounts |
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| National
Currency Unit Conversion to the EMU Euro |
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New Procurement and Reimbursement Systems
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| Non-travel
Reimbursements |
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| Personal
and Unallowable Expenses |
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| Petty
Cash |
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| Reimbursements:
Travel and Non-travel |
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|
Refund to an Individual when Harvard is the Vendor
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| Stewardship
Responsibility |
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|
Taxpayer Identification Numbers (what to do when they are missing)
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| Tax
Reporting for Fellowships |
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| Telecommunications
Services Payment |
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Third Party Payments: Employee Reimbursement
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| Travel
and Reimbursement: Signature and Form(s) Requirements |
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| University
Cost Transfer Policy |
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| University-wide
Business Expense |
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University-wide
Business Expense:
June 2002 revision |
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| Vendor
Discounts / Vendor Payments |
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| Wire
Transfer Processing |
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| New Revenue Recognition Accounting Policy Issued |
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| New University Financial Policies Website Launched |
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| FINDINI - Finanical and Reporting System Upgrades and Releases |
FINDINI 3.2.1 release |
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| Upcoming Financial and Reporting System Upgrade Outages |
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| FINDINI 3.2.3 Release in October; Oracle Financials and CREW Upgrades and Outages |
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| Systems Outages October 11-16: FINDINI 3.2.3 Release, CREW and Peoplesoft |
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| Oracle FINDINI 3.2.4 Enhancements |
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| Oracle FINDINI 3.2.5 Enhancements |
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| Fiscal
Year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
Reminders
regarding July 2000 financial transactions and reporting |
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| FY00-01
monthly closing schedule |
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| Special
edition: FY01 year-end closing schedule |
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| Special
edition: FY02 year-end closing schedule |
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| Special
edition: FY03 year-end closing schedule |
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| Special
edition: FY04 year-end closing schedule |
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| Special edition: FY05 year-end closing schedule |
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| Special edition: FY06 year-end closing schedule |
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| 2006 Fiscal Year End Reporting |
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| Schedule announced for FY2007 financial closings |
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| Schedule announced for FY2008 financial closings |
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| Fiscal Year End Closing Schedule Reminder |
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| Fiscal Year End Closing Schedule Reminder |
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| Fiscal Year End Closing Schedule Reminder |
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| Fixed
Asset Accounting |
Determining
whether equipment should or should not be capitalized |
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| FSS (FAD Systems Solutions) |
(see FAD System Solutions) |
| GE
Capital MasterCard Corporate Card |
GE
Capital MasterCard to replace Amex as Harvard's corporate card |
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| Apply
for
your GE Capital corporate card now |
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| Important Note for GE PCard and Corporate Card Holders |
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| Important Note for GE PCard and Corporate Card Holders: Foreign Exchange Class Action Settlement |
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| General
Accounting |
FY00
closing schedule |
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| FY00-01
monthly closing schedule |
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| Special
edition: FY01 year-end closing schedule |
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| Capital
accounting: object codes for items of equipment, furniture, and
fixtures costing $5000 and above |
|
| Coding
travel agency service fees |
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| Depreciating
research facilities policy (new "useful lives" for research
facilities) |
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| Journal
naming conventions |
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| Several
rarely used object codes eliminated, June 2001 |
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| General Ledger |
Decide
whether to use "Fringe Bypass (C)" box when calculating
salaries and fringe |
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| Journal
naming conventions |
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| Picking
correct accounting period for journal entries |
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| How
to print journals from General Ledger |
|
| Looking
up a Harvard Univeristy ID within GL |
|
| Bug
alert: saving journals in GL |
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| GL
adjustments: keep an audit trail in mind |
|
| Fringe
and Overhead allocations now process journals for any open period |
|
| Release
11, detailed information on changes to General Ledger |
|
| New
tool provides a more complete view of information in GL journals
|
|
| Journals:
Employee Name field removed in payroll object codes |
|
| General Ledger screens made larger and re-arranged |
|
| New Shortcut Added to Create Journals in General Ledger |
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| General Records Schedule |
Changes to the Accounting Section of the General Records Schedule |
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| Grants
Management |
Frequently
Asked Questions |
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| CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements |
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| CREW Grants Management Report Enhancements |
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| Grants Management Application Suite (GMAS) |
GMAS to go live in October 2004 |
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| GMAS enhancements in March, 2005 |
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| GMAS Electronic Submissions to Grants.gov |
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| GMAS Grants.gov Enhancemaents, Phse II |
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| PeopleSoft, GMAS Releases; September 14-17 Outages |
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| GMAS Update |
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| GMAS Release 1_16 in February |
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| Change in Duration for Oracle and GMAS Application Session Time Out |
|
| GMAS Release 1_16 February 15 |
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| Oracle and GMAS Application Session Time Out |
|
| GMAS Release 1_16 |
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| Harvard
Data Warehouse |
Frequently
Asked Questions |
|
| News
from the HDW |
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| Harvard
Data Model revised, January 2001 |
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| HRMS Updates: Enhancements to CREW and Changes to Objects in the Harvard Data Warehouse |
|
| Harvard
Fact Book |
2001-2002
Fact Book online |
|
| Harvard University ID |
Important changes to format of University ID cards |
|
| HUID Services Unavailable Oct. 18-22 |
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| Harvard
Travel Center |
Harvard
Travel Center fee increase announced |
|
| New
Harvard Travel Center fees imposed |
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| WorldTravel
Partners to take over management |
|
| ResAssist,
HTC's online booking tool |
|
| HARVie |
Harvard's
new intranet for employees |
|
| Single sign-on streamlines navigation from HARVie to PeopleSoft |
|
| Help
Desk (Financial and HR Applications) |
Hours
of operation |
|
| Preventing
system performance problems |
|
| Updated
desktop standards |
|
| How
to email the Help Desk |
|
| A
new Help Desk greeting |
|
| HELPLINE |
University
HELPLINE for compliance questions or concerns (1-877-694-2ASK) |
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| HIRES / Hiring |
Announcement of HIRES "go-live" in conjunction with the 9/23/02 PeopleSoft launch |
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| HIRES system to automate applicant notifications |
|
| New hiring process improvements for 2005 |
|
| HIRES changes memo |
|
| HIRES introduces a consolidated Hire Form |
|
| HR Release 20.0; PeopleSoft and HIRES Outage May 2-5 |
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| Hotel Xpert |
How to avoid it |
|
| Hours of Operation |
Changes to the CREW and Oracle Financials Hours of Operation |
|
| HUDINI |
Chart
of Account Listing report |
|
| Copy
Set function |
|
| "Detailed
Listing Lite" report |
|
| FINDINI
1.0.5, new features in HUDINI |
|
| Fund
Summary report |
|
| How
to download reports into Excel |
|
| Six
new HUDINI reports (December 2000) |
|
| Statement
of Changes in Net Assets |
|
| Summary
Actuals report |
|
| System
improvement |
|
| Sponsored reports migrating to CREW |
|
| AWS2 / HUDINI reports migrating to CREW in March / April 2006 |
|
| AWS2 / HUDINI reports moving to CREW in March 2006 |
|
| Access to CREW financial reports delayed until March 20, 2006 |
|
| Updated CREW tutorial available on ABLE |
|
| AWS2 & HUDINI to be decommissioned on 4/30/06 |
|
| Human
Resources Management System (HRMS) |
(see PeopleSoft) |
| Human
Resources (HR) Project |
Project
update |
|
| Project
update (feedback from outreach meetings) |
|
| Project
update, local Project contacts |
|
| HR
Project FAQs now online |
|
| The
basics of Time & Labor |
|
| HR
Data 101 |
|
| Personnel
Action Forms |
|
| Registration
for HR training opens |
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| Extra
special PeopleSoft go-live is | |