Ohio University is committed to the responsible use of public funds and as such is providing guidance on holiday expenditures as follows:
In August and September, we were working through the transition of vendors for confidential shredding services.
On October 19, 2021, the Appointment Information and Costing dashboard was updated to aggregate the hourly pay rows instead of showing a separate row per pay period. The dashboard previously aggregated hourly pay in this manner, but the report inadvertently changed when the FY21 furloughs were reversed.
As we wind down the calendar year, it is important to start planning for Thanksgiving and Winter Break Closure (WBC) payments. Please keep in mind the following deadlines:
Purchasing has been in contact with departments across the University regarding an increase in the instances of backordered items or orders not being filled due to vendor out of stock situations. As many of you are aware and may have experienced personally, there is large scale disruption in the world supply chain.
On July 13, 2021, three new fields were added to the Payments Dashboard: Minority Owned, Women Owned, and OU Supplier Type. The OU Supplier Type column indicates if the supplier is an Independent Contractor, EnergyCap supplier, or a FoodPro supplier. This column was also added to the PO Summary Dashboard.
In August, OIT replaced the current WorkForce time clocks across multiple campuses. The University is opting to replace these clocks for several reasons: they are nearing the end of their life span, they are prone to failure (the magnetic stripe reader is a common issue), the current model is no longer sold, and support is being phased out