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<Title>FY24 Budgets have been uploaded</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>Good Afternoon,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your summer.  The FY24 budget has been uploaded to PeopleSoft.  Please run a REX report and verify that your budget was uploaded accurately and that all balances are reflected as you expected.  If you have any questions, please submit a general inquiry ticket here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/aaou-rt-tickets/">https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/aaou-rt-tickets/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Michael Renda</div><div>Assistant Director</div></div>
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<Summary>Good Afternoon,     I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your summer.  The FY24 budget has been uploaded to PeopleSoft.  Please run a REX report and verify that your budget was uploaded...</Summary>
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<PostedAt>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:17:25 -0400</PostedAt>
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<Title>*Important* AAOU SSC RT System Down - 6/30/2023</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Good Afternoon,<div>It was brought to our attention that our RT system experienced an unknown background error that prevented the submission of RT tickets for most of today, 6/30/2023. We have coordinated a solution with DoIT, and believe the issue to now be resolved.</div><div><br></div><div>If you submitted a ticket to us today, 6/30/2023, and did not receive an RT confirmation email, your request was not received by our team, and your RT ticket will need to be resubmitted in order to be processed.</div><div><br></div><div>We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, and thank you for your patience. Have a great weekend and 4th of July holiday.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Mike Renda</div><div>Assistant Director</div></div>
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<Summary>Good Afternoon, It was brought to our attention that our RT system experienced an unknown background error that prevented the submission of RT tickets for most of today, 6/30/2023. We have...</Summary>
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<Title>Updated Deadline Calendars Posted to our Website</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Good Evening,<div><br></div><div>AAOU SSC has posted updated deadline calendars for FY24 to our website <strong><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/aaou-resources/aaou-ssc-deadline-calendars/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></strong>. </div><div><ul><li><strong>HR Paperwork Deadline Calendar</strong></li><li><strong>Payment Authorization Deadline Calendar</strong></li><li><strong>Timesheet Deadline Calendar</strong></li></ul><div>Please note dates beyond payroll 2024-009 are subject to change once updated central office deadline calendars are released later in the year. </div><div><br></div><div>In the event due dates are changed, a notification will be sent to all AAOU SSC departments via a MyUMBC group update. <span>We recommend accessing the deadline calendars via our website, as the most up to date version will be posted at all times.</span><span> </span></div><div><br></div><div>For all departments that are now re-onboarded and are receiving full-service operations which include HR and Payroll, please be mindful that you should now be referring the the above AAOU SSC deadline calendars and <strong><em>NOT</em></strong> the Central HR deadline calendars.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Please ensure all requests are submitted to AAOU SSC for processing via an RT ticket, which can be found <strong><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/aaou-rt-tickets/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></strong>.</div><div><br></div><div>For all new hires, please ensure you are maintaining paper timesheets and submitting them to AAOU SSC for processing timely <em>(refer to the Timesheet Deadline calendar for submission deadlines) </em>to avoid potential pay delays.</div><div><br></div><div>You may also locate your assigned department Payroll Preparer on our website <strong><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/home/aaou-ssc-departments/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></strong>.</div><div><br></div><div>Questions should be submitted to our team via a <a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/aaou-rt-tickets/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>General Inquiry RT Ticket</strong>.</a></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div>Wishing everyone a wonderful <em>*long*</em> weekend!</div><div><br></div></div>
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<Summary>Good Evening,    AAOU SSC has posted updated deadline calendars for FY24 to our website here.     HR Paperwork Deadline Calendar  Payment Authorization Deadline Calendar  Timesheet Deadline...</Summary>
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<Title>*IMPORTANT* FY23 YEAR-END DEADLINES</Title>
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<Title>Join Us in Welcoming the Newest AAOU SSC Team Members!</Title>
<Tagline>Olivia Brann, Rachel Garcia, Zack Krasney, Kimberly Pierson</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">As of Monday, May 8, 2023, the AAOU SSC is once again fully staffed! Please take a moment to join us in welcoming the newest members of the AAOU SSC Team, using the link below:<div><br></div><div><strong><a href="https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/WFDOyq6n" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">AAOU SSC New Hire Welcome Board</a></strong></div><div><br></div><div>Please also take a minute to view our Staff page <strong><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/home/team/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></strong>.</div><div><br></div><div>As we work to re-onboard all departments to full-service operations, you may visit our <strong><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/home/aaou-ssc-departments/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">AAOU SSC Departments</a></strong> page to view your departments assigned Payroll Preparer. Please note departments will be added to this page as they are successfully re-onboarded to the AAOU SSC. Currently all departments re-onboarded during Phase 1 of 4 are listed on our site.</div><div><br></div><div>If you would like to learn more about our newest team members, check out their bio's <strong><a href="https://aaoussc.umbc.edu/staff-bios/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></strong>!</div></div>
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<Title>*Important* - Working FY24 Files Due</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span>Please note, the correction to the body of the email below, the due date for FY24 Working Budget files is </span><strong><u>Thursday, May 25, 2023</u></strong>.<div><br></div><div>Due to a typo in the previous post, the date was previously noted as Thursday, May 24th in error, Thursday is the 25th not the 24th.</div><div><br></div><div>We apologize for the oversight, and hope this did not cause undue confusion.</div><div><br></div><div><span>Thank you,</span></div><div>AAOU SSC Team</div><div><br></div><div>=======</div><div><br></div><div>Good Afternoon,</div><div><br></div><div>Leadership has received implementation guidance for the Merit effective 07/01/2023, which was communicated by HR as part of the FY2024 Salary Guidance UMBC email that went out to supervisors and the payroll preparers/approvers my UMBC group last Thursday, May 18th.  </div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, all working budget files will be due this Thursday, May 24th at 1:00pm. Please ensure your control numbers balance after your merit considerations have been entered into your working file, and submit your finalized working budget files to <em><a href="mailto:aaoussc_budgeting@umbc.edu">aaoussc_budgeting@umbc.edu</a></em> for review and submission to the CBO.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Michael Renda</div><div>Assistant Director</div></div>
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<Title>*REMINDER*Department Activity Questionnaire Due COB Tomorrow</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><strong>WE HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE...I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE LENGTHY MESSAGE BELOW.</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE AAOU SSC, PLEASE READ ALL OF THE INFORMATION BELOW THOROUGHLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Good Afternoon AAOU SSC Departments!<div><br></div><div>The AAOU SSC will be fully staffed as of Monday, May 8th 2023. We are planning to begin the transition of departments back to shared services full operations using a phased in approach over the course of the next 4-12 weeks. The goal is to have all departments resume full-service operations by the end of July 2023. </div><div><br></div><div>We anticipate four (4) phases of re-onboarding with the first phase commencing as early as PR-2023-026, and the final phase with PR-2024-003.</div><div><br></div><div>The first step in our re-onboarding plan, is to complete an audit of all department activity that has occurred starting with PR-018 <em>(the first period departmental staff took on the HR/Payroll duties) </em>through the current period (PR-023) to verify all required reports, files and supporting documentation has been appropriately saved to the shared Google Drive folder(s). </div><div><br></div><div>Our audit will determine which departments are ready to be phased back into shared services full operations, and those with no outstanding items will be prioritized to resume full-services in the earlier phases.<br></div><div><br>As we begin our audit we will be contacting departments individually to inform you of your department's current status, expected re-onboarding timeline, and to advise of any outstanding items required and due date, before re-onboarding can occur for your department.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL REQUIRED FILES AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS SAVED FOR ALL TRANSACTIONAL ACTIVITY, TO ENSURE UNIVERSITY AUDIT COMPLIANCE AND ADHERENCE WITH RECORD RETENTION POLICIES. </strong></div><div><br></div><div>Please take some time <strong><em>as soon as possible</em></strong>, to review your department's activity during the period of PR-018 through PR-023 and ensure all files are up to date, and all supporting documentation has been saved to the appropriate folders on the shared Google Drive <em>(i.e Time Entry folders for all time entry actions and reports, Personnel folders for all personnel changes, such as new hires, terminations, pay rate changes, etc)</em>. </div><div><br></div><div>Upon completion of our audit, we will contact you and there will be a very quick turnaround to provide any outstanding items at that point, so ensuring everything is in working order now, will help streamline the process for all involved.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>To help you prepare for the audit of your departments activity and related files:</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Please make sure the following items are accounted for </strong>(items with an asterisk* are only required to be saved if the report was applicable to your department, or if your department had such activity);<em> i.e. a department that does not have any benefit eligible employees will not have a Detailed Leave Report available to save</em>). 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We greatly appreciate each of you, and the temporary roles you have taken on during this transitional period for the AAOU SSC <em>(we understand how challenging this time has been for everyone involved)</em>. We look forward to *<strong><em>fully*</em></strong> servicing each of your areas once again, in the coming weeks/months; and to our continued partnership.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>AAOU SSC Team</div></div></div>
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<Title>*IMPORTANT*AAOU SSC HR/Payroll Update*DEPT ACTION REQUIRED*</Title>
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The goal is to have all departments resume full-service operations by the end of July 2023. </div><div><br></div><div>We anticipate four (4) phases of re-onboarding with the first phase commencing as early as PR-2023-026, and the final phase with PR-2024-003.</div><div><br></div><div>The first step in our re-onboarding plan, is to complete an audit of all department activity that has occurred starting with PR-018 <em>(the first period departmental staff took on the HR/Payroll duties) </em>through the current period (PR-023) to verify all required reports, files and supporting documentation has been appropriately saved to the shared Google Drive folder(s). </div><div><br></div><div>Our audit will determine which departments are ready to be phased back into shared services full operations, and those with no outstanding items will be prioritized to resume full-services in the earlier phases.<br></div><div><br>As we begin our audit we will be contacting departments individually to inform you of your department's current status, expected re-onboarding timeline, and to advise of any outstanding items required and due date, before re-onboarding can occur for your department.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL REQUIRED FILES AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS SAVED FOR ALL TRANSACTIONAL ACTIVITY, TO ENSURE UNIVERSITY AUDIT COMPLIANCE AND ADHERENCE WITH RECORD RETENTION POLICIES. </strong></div><div><br></div><div>Please take some time <strong><em>as soon as possible</em></strong>, to review your department's activity during the period of PR-018 through PR-023 and ensure all files are up to date, and all supporting documentation has been saved to the appropriate folders on the shared Google Drive <em>(i.e Time Entry folders for all time entry actions and reports, Personnel folders for all personnel changes, such as new hires, terminations, pay rate changes, etc)</em>. </div><div><br></div><div>Upon completion of our audit, we will contact you and there will be a very quick turnaround to provide any outstanding items at that point, so ensuring everything is in working order now, will help streamline the process for all involved.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>To help you prepare for the audit of your departments activity and related files:</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Please make sure the following items are accounted for </strong>(items with an asterisk* are only required to be saved if the report was applicable to your department, or if your department had such activity);<em> i.e. a department that does not have any benefit eligible employees will not have a Detailed Leave Report available to save</em>). 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We greatly appreciate each of you, and the temporary roles you have taken on during this transitional period for the AAOU SSC <em>(we understand how challenging this time has been for everyone involved)</em>. We look forward to *<strong><em>fully*</em></strong> servicing each of your areas once again, in the coming weeks/months; and to our continued partnership.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>AAOU SSC Team</div></div></div>
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<Title>*Important* Working Budget File Update &amp; Merit Planning Tool</Title>
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