Announcements

The University of Rochester’s Emergency Action Plan describes the responsibilities and actions taken to protect employees in the event of an emergency or disaster situation. The plan aims to protect employees from severe injury, property loss, or loss of life in the event of a major incident. A major incident may include, but is not limited to, the following: fire, infrastructure failure, hazardous material spill, bomb threat, severe weather, and violence in the workplace. 

Review the minimum requirements for responding to biological spills in labs working at Biosafety Level 1 (BSL1) BSL2 and/or BSL2+.

Requirements for tracking and tagging capital equipment over $5,000, maintaining inventory records, and completing biennial physical inventory verification.

Explore comprehensive directions for the approval of expenditures, including who can be an approver and approval thresholds.

Review important safety information, applicable to all University of Rochester locations.

Review requirements and responsibilities for reconciling general ledger accounts and resolving reconciling differences in UR Financials.

Review journal entry approval requirements, processing procedures, and documentation standards in UR Financials.

Pcard procedures and responsibilities for transparency, oversight, and compliance control.

Audit term definitions, a description of roles and responsibilities, goals of best practice internal controls, common weaknesses in financial processes and how to avoid them, and answers to your internal control questions.

Guidance defining capitalization thresholds, asset classification, and accounting requirements for capital expenditures.