News Flash!
Previous SIG News Flash Entries
NCAS Supplies
NCAS System Status
System Purges



Budgetary Control Documents Purge (08/26/2003)
On September 6 and September 13, OSC will purge Budgetary Control (BC) documents entered in fiscal years 2000 - 2001. BC documents are journal vouchers, commitment adjustments, encumbrance adjustments, budget create, and budget transfer documents entered in the NCAS Budgetary Control module. Once purged, these documents will no longer be available for viewing through the online inquiry screens. The Budgetary Control Documents Purge reports will be available in XPTR in report series OSCOP* BCD Purge Report. Online accessibility for BC documents entered in fiscal years 2002 - 2004 will remain intact.


Inactivated Information Technology (IT) Accounts (08/21/2003)

The following accounts are not valid in fiscal year 2004:

532440 Maintenance Agreement for DP Equipment
532522 Rent/Lease of DP Equipment
534522 Computer Equipment
534710 Computer Software

Agencies that still have balances in any of the accounts listed above will not be allowed to certify their August month-end reports until all such balances are properly reclassified to other IT accounts. This restriction applies to all family members of the IT accounts, including budgetary balances. The OSC Client Support Section will deny any agency’s request to pre-certify the agency’s month-end reports if any balances remain in these invalid accounts.

Click here for a listing of the information technology accounts from the August 30, 2002 memo "Accounting for Networking Costs."

 


General Ledger Detail Purge (08/14/2003)

On Friday, August 15, OSC will purge the General Ledger detail posting entries for FY 2001/2002 from the online system and the agency specific detail ledger (DAPG67) files. After the purge, only GL entries with an effective date of 6/30/02 to the current date will be available online through the Posted Entry Query (GL220) screen. The agency specific detail ledger files will contain postings from 07/01/02 through the current date. FY2001/2002 details will be relocated to the EOY files.


EPayment Procedure Change (08/11/2003)

To expedite the Epayment process, epayment emails and fax returns will now be forwarded directly to each agency's epayment contact person for resolution.  If you have any questions, please contact the Help Desk at 875-4357.