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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.

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Web Portal Quick Reference Guide

infoAdvantage Scheduled Report Updates

When a user account is deleted from infoAdvantage, all scheduled reports will fail and are removed from the system. When a user is leaving an agency, it is best to have another agency user reschedule any reports prior to their departure to ensure all reports generate successfully.

Changes to GAO Operations

On March 11th Governor Ducey signed a Declaration of Emergency in response to the current COVID-19 situation, the Arizona Department of Administration - General Accounting Office (GAO), will be making the changes effective March 26, 2020 until further notice. The changes are being made as part of Director Tobin’s continued effort to protect the safety of state employees, GAO staff, and members of the public. 

COVID-19 - The Arizona Department of Administration - General Accounting Office (GAO) Changes

March CFO Meeting Agenda

The March 2020 CFO Meeting Agenda has been posted to the GAO Website. The meeting will be held by Google Hangouts Meet Only. If you have not already received the login information, please email [email protected]


The agenda can be found on the GAO website at gao.az.gov under Publications, CFO Meetings, Agenda March 2020 CFO Meeting. Please also see the handout for today’s meeting.

March 2020 – Topic of the Month – GAO Updates

Agenda March 2020 CFO Meeting

Procedures for Increasing P-Card Limits under Extraordinary Circumstances

The Form GAO-COOP-101, Agency/Division Emergency P-Card Limit Request, is to be used to request increased P-Card spending limits, if such an increase is necessitated by unplanned expenses incurred to combat the spread of COVID-19.  The Form GAO-COOP-101 may be downloaded from https://gao.az.gov/publications/forms.

 

Tracking Coronavirus-related Expenditures in APP

Effective March 20, 2020, State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) Section 8033, Tracking Coronavirus-related Expenditures, promulgates new, mandatory accounting procedures needed to track statewide COVID-19 costs.  

New SAAM Section, Effective March 20, 2020, has been posted. SPECIAL COVID-19 ACCOUNTING INSTRUCTIONS

This new SAAM Section, SAAM 8033, Tracking Coronavirus-related Expenditures, promulgates new, mandatory accounting procedures needed to track statewide COVID-19 costs. It has been posted to https://gao.az.gov/publications/saam.