• The Office of Cost Analysis (OCA), Accounting, Budget and Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) worked together this year to further implement our Disclosure Statement (DS2) and Cost Accounting Disclosure Statement (CADS) policies.

    DS2 describes the University’s accounting practices, and CADS details policies governing direct/indirect costs, cost sharing and service centers policy. The DS2 and CADS documents can be found by logging onto OCA’s web page. The specific findings and corrective actions are noted there in more detail.

    • OCA will be conducting a space inventory and functional usage study. This survey will be used to support the University’s next Facilities and Administration proposal. Reference material has been posted on OCA’s web.

    • OSP has implemented a new FRS screen to account for matching/cost sharing. The screen number is 008.

    • Cost Sharing/Matching expenditures are now required to be reported in individual FRS accounts. Account identification and setup will occur at the time the award is established in FRS.

    • OSP with help from OCA and the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) will be implementing a new Effort reporting form for the annual survey. Briefly, this effort report will account for 100% of an employee's time. The surveys are expected to be mailed out at year-end. Departments must confirm the information and return the form by the end of the summer.