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Welcome to the Arizona General Accounting Office (GAO)

The General Accounting Office (GAO) is responsible for establishing Statewide accounting policies and procedures, managing the Arizona Financial Information System (AFIS), administering the Statewide Payroll through the Human Resources Information Solution (HRIS), preparing the Statewide Financial Reports, and providing technical assistance and other management advisory services.

Mission Statement

To provide State and Federal agencies, the general public, and other interested public or private entities with accurate and timely financial services, management information, and technical assistance while ensuring compliance with related statutes and rules; to maintain and improve the Statewide automated financial systems; and to provide for the safeguarding of State assets.

Links
Arizona OPENBOOKS
AZ.Gov
APP
Human Resources Information Solution (HRIS)
Governor's Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting (OSPB)
Vendor Payment Search
Your Employee Services
Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC)
State of Arizona - Office of the Auditor General
Arizona Attorney General – Collection Referral Process

Web Portal Quick Reference Guide

SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective May 23, 2022

New or updated Sections, if any, of the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) listed below have been posted to https://gao.az.gov/publications/saam.

Changes contained in updated SAAM sections can easily be identified using the instructions contained in SAAM 0007.

New or updated SAAM Drafts, if any, have been posted to https://gao.az.gov/publications/saam/saam-draft.

May 2022 CFO Meeting Agenda

The May 2022 CFO Meeting Agenda and Topic of the Month have been posted to the GAO Website.

The documents can be found on the GAO website under Publications, CFO Meetings.

Agenda May 2022 CFO Meeting

infoAdvantage Statewide report updates

GAO has added one new statewide report:

  • FIN-AZ-IM-N692 Warehouse Transactions
    • Enables inquiry by inventory transaction date and calculates quantities within the prompted dates.

Due to report changes, run and/or refresh reports from the 1-Statewide Reports folder. Previously modified reports and/or those under the My Recently Viewed Documents may not run correctly without first refreshing the report.

May 2022 - Fixed Assets at Year-End

infoAdvantage Statewide Report Updates

GAO has modified five statewide reports:

  • FIN-AZ-AP-N667 Vendor Addresses
    • Added UEI
      • NOTE: The UEI must be entered on the Address section of the VCC or VCM document to populate on this report.  The UEI will not populate on this report if entered on the Headquarters section of the VCC or VCM document.
    • Added email addresses on separate report tab
    • Edited report description

 

AFIS Fiscal Year-End 2022 Q & A Slide Deck Available on the GAO Website

AFIS Fiscal Year-End 2022 Q & A slide deck is now available on the GAO Website under AFIS, AFIS Information section.

AFIS Fiscal Year-End 2022 Q & A

Update - Budget Issues with Processing Documents in AFIS were resolved

Budget issues related to Constraint ID 64 in AFIS were resolved.  Thank you for your patience.