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January, 2003
(from the Finance Division for distribution with the December, 2002 CUFS reports)
Travel Policy Updates
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  • International Travel: Prior approval forms are no longer required, though, as always, an authorized individual must approve all Travel Expense Reports (TER) submitted, and approve pcard expenses either on-line or by signing the pcard statement.
  • Rapid Reimbursement: This limit has been increased from $200 to $300 - i.e., if the total reimbursement request is $300 or less, it may submitted at the Chubb Hall cashier's window for immediate cash reimbursement.
  • Mileage Rate: The IRS has decreased the rate for mileage reimbursement from $0.365/mile to $0.360/mile. To make sure you receive the correct rate, download a new TER form for any travel on or after Jan 1.

Enterprise Project Update
  • The Financials component of the Enterprise Project has now moved into the production setup phase. Production migration and cutover from the CUFS system to the new Oracle system is planned for April. While all Oracle integration as well as OU custom interfaces have now been tested, the several steps to production migration and cutover will require a significant amount of time. Production will begin as soon as we are sure that our configuration and setups meet all necessary requirements. Training is planned to take place on a 'just-in-time' basis, with sessions for the first groups to be scheduled within the next few weeks.

Campus Financial Meetings
  • The next Campus Financial Meeting will be held Tuesday, January 21, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. at Clippinger 194. These meetings are open to anyone interested.
  • A web page has been created to post materials that are distributed at the monthly meetings. The address is as follows: http://www.finance.ohiou.edu/campusfmtg/index.htm.

Purchasing Card
  • All purchasing card transactions posted through December 5 appear in the December, 2002 CUFS reports.

CUFS REPORT RECIPIENTS: please remind your staff to look up BU$INE$$ MATTER$ on the web at: http://www.finance.ohiou.edu/ and click on "Fiscal News"

Reminder: all changes in CUFS report distribution (name, address, accounts) for Foundation accounts should be reported to: Karyn Davis via email at davis@ohio.edu, Changes for all other accounts should be reported to: Texanna Well via email at wellt@ohio.edu