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Topics include: New Stanford Travel Booking policy and exemptions desk guide, Common questions about booking university-sponsored travel, New resource on how to manage expenses related to travel cancellations, Booking channel agent fees updated in September, FMS updates related to COVID-19: Travel...

This third issue of the newsletter focuses on governance, roles and responsibilities with examples of the concepts applied to PCard and donor gift stewardship.

Topics Include: New Expenditure Details report view, new ad hoc user forum, managing your aging and force cleared transactions and more

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.

Topics include MS Project Updates, Operational Reminders, and Trainings

Summer 2021 topics include: Travel Policy exclusions and guidance, new Digital Payments visitor travel reimbursements, Egencia savings finger feature, car rental policy update, ERS enhancements to airline fields, StudentUniverse profile creation

Financial Management Services (FMS) continually monitors the financial ecosystem for opportunities to reduce risk and support excellence in financial stewardship. As part of this effort, FMS conducted an assessment in May 2020 of Purchasing Card (PCard), Travel Card (TCard) and Advance transactions...

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...

This second issue of the newsletter focuses on best practices in purchasing goods and services and processing donor gifts.

Spring 2021 topics include: COVID-19's Ongoing Impact on Travel Casto Travel is Now FCM Enhanced Travel Profiles Save Time When Booking and Reimbursing Travel Book Your Rental Car Early May 12-13: Virtual Business Expense and Stanford Travel Festival Travel Resources Spring Updates