SAAM Additions, Updates and Drafts as of October 11, 2016

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

New SAAM Drafts, if any, have been posted to /publications/saam/saam-draft.

Agencies are requested to review any Drafts within sixty (60) days of initial posting and send their comments to [email protected].

New SAAM Section(s)
7010 Grants: Subrecipient and Contractor Determinations Discusses the guidelines for determining whether an entity that receives grant proceeds from the State is a subrecipient or a contractor. 
Updated SAAM Section(s)
0505 Internal Controls: General Internal Controls Adds guidance as to who, within an organization, should approve an agency head's overnight travel authorizations and travel claims. 
5005 Travel: General Travel Principles and Policies Adds a paragraph indicating that all travel-related expenditures must be for a valid public purpose, etc. 
5515 Payroll and Personnel: Time Reporting Contains the updated ETE reporting deadline. 

Comments, corrections, complaints and compliments should be emailed to [email protected].  Please include the number of the SAAM section and relevant paragraph(s) (SAAM NNNN-nn.nn.nn) in the subject line.  

 

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Greg Vokoun
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