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Each month, a feature of the Financial System Enhancements will be highlighted to help prepare for the upcoming changes.

The Financial System Enhancements (FSE) project represents a combination of initiatives that will be available in November 2017 and includes the Chart of Accounts Redesign (COA), a new Financial Approvers tool and the new Oracle Grants Accounting Module, and supported by enhanced reporting capabilities within Oracle Business Intelligence (OB

FY17 Fund Balance Dates

July 2: Preliminary templates provided to planning units following second close

August 8: Final templates will be provided to planning units following third close

August 22: Templates are due

FY18 Budget

The Budget Office uploaded FY18 budgets by August 1

As we work to put the final touches on P2P changes, we want to ensure that everything works as designed and delivers the improvements we communicated to you in last month’s Compass article. Over the course of the last week, it has become apparent that not everything would be ready in time to go live with the changes on August 7.

The SciQuest 17.2 upgrade was implemented Monday, July 31. This upgrade will have minimal impact on the overall user experience. Users will observe slight visual changes with no changes to functionality.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Additional Screening Measures

Effective immediately the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will require additional screening measures for customers flying on international flights bound for the U.S.

In August, Connect (formerly GovConnect) and Henry Schein will upgrade their punch-out catalogs. Although this does not affect how items will process in BobcatBUY, users may notice some differences in how the websites look and perform.

Effective August 7, Office Depot will change its delivery schedule from five to four days per week. Delivery days will be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This reduction in delivery days will help provide improved, more efficient and sustainable service.

The new and improved Finance website went live on August 1. In January 2017, the office of Change Management and Communication partnered with Finance, Information Technology and University Communications and Marketing to redesign the Finance website. The main goal of the project was to design a user friendly site based on campus needs.