Support

• Communication Efforts

  • Redesign Newsletter Article
    • Last Meeting Suggestions:
      
      • USASR: Advances - June article? Discuss linking classic repays to their original advance and repaying an outstanding advance - going to delay this article.. too many issues with it lately
      • USASR: Closing POs the correct way.  June article...sidebar article with links to FAQs - 
      • USASR: Mass-add accounts - July article  Example of grant accounts and also using stop dates (vs inactive) for grant accounts you no longer want to process again.  What's difference between stop date and inactive
      • USASR: AR Update - July article - we have volunteers for beta version (releasing 6/15) with a production release set for 8/3
      • USPSR: Configuration options - Payroll Items Configuration... Selecting the right payee... July
      • USPSR: Payroll Calculation - feature August article
        • things you didn't do in Classic that are now of importance in Redesign
        • things that are handled differently in Redesign user should be aware of when paying people
        • 3 basic scenarios.
          • enabling basic straight out employee
          • partial pickup on pickup
          • full pick up on retirement/medicare
      • USPSR: How Max Amounts Work - June
      • USXSR: Wave Update - July article
      • USXSR: Searching in documentation - August Side blurb.. how to search for something specific in the documentation
      • Side bar on the SSSC Committee with a link to a listing of committee member - August
    • Topics for today's meeting....Suggestions for August, September and October newsletters
      • New look in the works.. keeping it consistent
      • Article on performance issues.. finding the right balance between performance vs enhancements.. segway into importance of SSSC - August
      • USPSR Payroll calculation - August
      • Searching in documentation - August
      • USPSR: Side blurb tip on how to Generate a pay report for an individual - when? 
      • Other USPS related articles for Fall newsletters?
      • USAS related articles for Fall newsletters?

• Social Media

  • met with MCOECN regarding social media re-launch
  • plans to create new Facebook, instagram and twitter sites for SSDT
  • elevating the newsletter.. making sure we are reaching out to all districts

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• Best Practices/Tips, Tricks and Helpful Hints

  • Last Meeting Suggestions:... will work on this fall
    • Implement 'connecting the dots scenarios' page...if this happens, here is what is affects...
      • i.e. when completing job calendars, this is what it impacts.  So if you are getting an error, did you have a a work day created for the day you are reporting?
      • USPS-R FAQs.. will work on this fall 
    • USPS-R struggling with errors on reports.. can we document the errors and how to easily identify them...Give us examples?
  • YE checklists
    • Checklists are intended to be generic so that ITCs may customize them to provide additional information for their districts; download the checklist using the three little dots at the top right of the page and select one of the export options
    • Example: requesting an additional step to be added to check "if your district ..." steps (ex: step #21) to review open/non-converted requisitions in order to either convert to PO or delete before closing the FY.
    • Not all districts use Requisitions in USAS-R so we are cautious to add specific steps that may not be used by all districts to the generic checklist. 
    • Your thoughts?
  • Additional Suggestions for the documentation manuals?
  • WIKI: Future development: met with MCOECN to start discussion on enhancing the wiki

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• ITCs: posted additional Fridays with Fiscal sessions through August 2020; will be posting the rest of the calendar year schedule soon
• Based on feedback from FWF sessionsessions, SSDT will hold an Intermediate training in October for ITC staff.  
• OEDSA - current plan... holding virtual conference September 10th and 11th.  Save the date email went out July 7th.  Fiscal track will include a few sessions from SSDT

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