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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.

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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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Webinar Name: The GREAT Act & Proposed Revisions to the Uniform Guidance: Things You Need to Know!

NASACT:  The GREAT Act & Proposed Revisions to the Uniform Guidance: Things You Need to Know!

Date/Time: March 12th, 2020 11am - 12:25pm (MST)

CPE: 1.5 credits available

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:

infoAdvantage Statewide report updates

The GAO has made updates to Statewide Reports in infoAdvantage:

State of Arizona Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Authorization

SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective February 10, 2020

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.

 

SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective February 3, 2020

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.

 

MISCPAYVEND Restriction

The General Accounting Office/AFIS Operations Group would like to inform you that the restriction of the use of vendor/customer ID MISCPAYVEND in AFIS is now in place. This is in accordance with SAAM 4553, Proper Uses of MISCPAYVEND and MISCCUSTOM, that went into effect on January 1, 2020. Link to SAAM 4553 is included below for your convenience.

January CFO Meeting Agenda

The January 2020 CFO Meeting Agenda has been posted to the GAO Website. 

Agenda January 2020 CFO Meeting

AFIS Cost Accounting Question and Answer Session

The General Accounting Office (GAO) Cost Accounting team will be hosting an open forum to answer questions agencies may have related to the Cost Accounting Module within AFIS on Thursday February 13th.