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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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infoAdvantage Statewide report updates

The GAO has made updates to Statewide Reports in infoAdvantage: 

Quarterly Mass Depreciation March 30, 2019

The next scheduled mass depreciation batch run will be processed on 03/30/2019. To reduce the potential for posting errors and/or failures, please refer to the Mass Depreciation Quarterly Checklist for actions required by your department:

All outbound extracts from AFIS Monday’s night cycle are now available

All outbound extracts from AFIS Monday’s night cycle have been re-created and re-loaded.  Please contact

All outbound interfaces from AFIS are not available this morning

All outbound interfaces from AFIS are currently not available.  These are outbound interfaces from last night’s (Monday 3/11/19) cycle run.  We are working on a resolution and will provide an update as soon as it becomes available.

Issuance of the State of Arizona Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018

The GAO has issued the State of Arizona CAFR for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.  Visit the GAO web address https://gao.az.gov/financials/cafr to view a copy of this report in PDF format.  The State’s CAFR received an unqualified opinion from the Auditor General's Office which means the State's financial statements are in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.  In addition, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting awarded to the State for its 20

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report June 30, 2018

SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective March 11, 2019

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.

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