Support

• Communication Efforts

  • Redesign Newsletter Article
    • Last Meeting Suggestions:
      
      • • Side blurb on closing POs - posted in June newsletter
        • USAS-R Mass Add Accounts - posted in July newsletter
        • AR update: posted in July newsletter
        • USPS Configuration options - Payroll Item Configuration - posted in July Newsletter
      • Review suggested topics for August,  and August
      Topics for today's meeting....Suggestions for June, July and August newsletters 
      
      • 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 - June article?  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 or August 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...  feature article for which month? July
      • USPSR: Payroll Calculation -  June article?.. what exactly do you want explainedfeature 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 - July or August article? June
      • USXSR: Wave Update - July article
      • USXSR: Searching in documentation - July or August Side 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
    • Other suggestions?
    • • 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

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Documentation

• Best Practices/Tips, Tricks and Helpful Hints

  • Last Meeting Suggestions:
    • Implement 'connecting the dots scenarios' page...if this happens, here is what is affects...
      • Ii.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?Give us examples?
      • 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

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Reports

• Merging Last Meeting: Merged Report Working Group with SDT Working Group - SSSC Committee unanimously voted in favor of this
• The reports working group has finalized the initial reports along with some additional reports on both the USAS-R & USPS-R Public Reports sites.
• Dee continues to monitor Service Desk tickets.  If a report is requested and could be used by many, she will first touch base with SSDT to determine if this should be added as a SSDT report
• If decision is made to add it to public reports site, Dee is requesting we include two “off Steering Committee members” Larry Lifer, and Sharon Lawley in the SDT group meetings for the reports purpose.
Should we check into a list of reports for Auditors or do we need them now that we have Report Bundles in place?

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Training

• ITCs: Adding additional Fridays with Fiscal sessions through June 2020; received feedback from evaluations (more USPS-R than USAS-R)
• Based on some of the feedback, SSDT plans on holding an Intermediate training (webinar) this Fall.... likely October or early November..
• Due to COVID-19, we are holding off any regional training until next year
• OEDSA - current plan... holding it September (9-11).  Next Board meeting is June 5th.

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