Changes to Central Worklist Approvals:

• Travel and non-travel payment requests have been backed up for several weeks.
• Financial Affairs has modified work assignments and implemented mandatory overtime to make up for the volume of backlogged transactions.
• Financial Accounting is monitoring this activity daily to ensure we prioritize all resources appropriately.
• Effective Wednesday, February 7th, we have asked the Financial Accounting staff to return requests with incomplete documentation.
• This will allow the department to prioritize the request and collect documentation and the review team can move forward with clearing items.

Travel and Meals:

• Financial Affairs is working on guidance and training to provide clarity on the new travel and meal guidelines that were implemented in October and November.