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April 30, 2025
What You Need to Know When Booking Basic Economy Tickets

As university-related travel continues to ramp up, we want to remind travelers to proceed with caution when selecting airfare options, especially Basic Economy tickets. While these fares may appear to offer budget savings upfront, they often include strict limitations that can lead to unexpected costs, logistical challenges, and frustration.

April 30, 2025
Refresher on Spending Sponsored Funds/ Allowable Expenses

Allowable Expenses on Sponsored Projects

The following information addresses allowable expenses on sponsored projects. Sponsored projects are projects funded by Federal and non-federal agencies.

April 30, 2025
Grants Accounting to Begin Subrecipient Desk Reviews

The University (the monitoring organization) is responsible throughout the life of a subaward to monitor the activities of subrecipients to ensure that the subaward is being managed consistently within authorized purposes, in compliance with Federal Statutes and regulations. This includes:

April 30, 2025
Local Hotel Contracts Announcement!

To make local hotel reservations easier, Procurement released a local hotel RFP and invited local hotel establishments to respond. There were two hotels that responded, and both were awarded contracts.

The first is with the Ohio University Inn & Conference Center (OU Inn) and the second is with the Hampton Inn Athens.

April 30, 2025
Real ID Required as of May 7, 2025

Starting  May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card to fly within the United States.

April 15, 2025
Important Fiscal Year-End Information

Fiscal year-end is fast approaching! And as we approach June 30, we would like to remind the university community of important year-end closing deadlines. These deadlines are critical to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with university policies and external requirements.

April 8, 2025
Upgraded Version of FARM

Effective this evening (4/8), there will be a new version of Financial Approvers and Related Metadata (FARM) with an updated user interface.  While there are changes to the appearance and navigation of the application, the basic functionality of FARM remains the same: managing the maintenance of organization financial approvers within our t

March 20, 2025
PaymentWorks Demonstration Webinars offered to OHIO Employees

As communicated in November 2024 , Finance did a soft launch of PaymentWorks, the new online Supplier Management System with a few university departments.

March 6, 2025
Journal Entry Template (JET) Training Sessions Via Teams – April Session

GAFR continues to provide JET training sessions via Teams. Please keep this in mind for new employees that will be entering journal entries or even existing employees that may need a refresher.

March 3, 2025
Mileage Rate for Calendar Year 2025

Beginning on January 1, 2025, the standard mileage rate for the use of a personal vehicle is 70 cents per mile for business use. These rates apply to all vehicle types (including electric, hybrid-electric, gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles).

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