Business Expense Updates and Hot Topics
2024-04-15
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The university pays directly or reimburses individuals for expenses that are necessary and appropriate to conduct university business. Expenditures must be consistent with the university’s purchasing policies and guidelines as well as the guiding principles and IRS regulations with regard to...
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Change Roadmap: Upcoming Projects and Enhancements
2024-04-12
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This page serves as a one-stop shop for departments and stakeholders across Stanford to stay up to date with projects and enhancements, as well as associated resources to support them.
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Excellence in Financial Stewardship | Issue 10open_in_new
2024-04-02
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This issue covers the shared and unique responsibilities in the business expense process, along with best practices and tools by role.
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OBI News: Spring 2024open_in_new
2024-03-07
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In this issue: New sections in CER Expenditure Balance Report, new drill in ERR Dashboard, and OBI performance improvements.
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Continuous Improvements to Fingate
2024-02-22
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FMS is continuously working to improve the Fingate user experience. Planned and completed changes range from search improvements, navigation updates and content revisions. Learn more about recent and upcoming changes on this news page.
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Supporting financial excellence: Updated iJournals access model and required training
2024-01-25
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Members of the university community play a critical role in safeguarding Stanford’s resources. At Stanford, financial stewardship means ensuring that university resources are used appropriately, in support of the mission, and comply with policies, laws, and sponsor or donor intent. A key part of...
Effective Feb. 5, 2024, iJournals system access will require the completion of training and granting of authority privilege.
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OBI News: Fall 2021open_in_new
2021-10-19
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Topics Include: New Expenditure Details report view, new ad hoc user forum, managing your aging and force cleared transactions and more
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FMS Client Satisfaction Survey
2021-09-22
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The Client Satisfaction Survey is an ongoing conversation with the Stanford community to learn about their experiences with the financial tools, systems and services that FMS provides and uses that feedback to inform strategic initiatives and continuous improvements.
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Authority Manager Enhancements
2021-06-10
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Authority Manager is the Stanford-developed tool used to grant employees access to the university's many administrative systems. As the number of business applications used at Stanford increases, keeping track of who has authority to access data and perform administrative tasks becomes more complex...
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Users Praise Redesigned Fingate Website
2021-04-22
Fingate's user-centered redesign improved the website's functionality and received positive feedback
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