From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Mon Apr 1 10:30:32 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 17:30:32 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Mainframe - OSPA is Down Message-ID: The State Data Center is looking into the problem. Thank you for your patience. Oregon Statewide Payroll Services Financial Business Systems Enterprise Goods and Services Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 opt 0 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 2-Limited From: sfms-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:sfms-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of VIDAL Trudy * EGS Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:17 AM To: sfms-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [SFMS-News] Mainframe - SFMA is Down Importance: High The State Data Center is looking into the problem. Thank you for your patience. Trudy Vidal, CPA SFMS Operations Manager Enterprise Goods and Services Financial Business Systems 503-373-0734 Visit our Web site: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/SFMS/Pages/index.aspx Data Classification: Level 2 - Limited -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Mon Apr 1 11:00:04 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:00:04 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Mainframe - OSPA is Back Up In-Reply-To: <0773C74EEA762F4D8125EEA458872E73365A8195@WPDASEXCL02.ad.state.or.us> References: <0773C74EEA762F4D8125EEA458872E73365A8195@WPDASEXCL02.ad.state.or.us> Message-ID: We've been notified that the mainframe has been fixed and is now up. OSPA is now available. Thank you. Oregon Statewide Payroll Services Financial Business Systems Enterprise Goods and Services Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 opt 0 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 2-Limited From: OSPS Help Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:31 AM To: E-News (osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) Subject: Mainframe - OSPA is Down Importance: High The State Data Center is looking into the problem. Thank you for your patience. Oregon Statewide Payroll Services Financial Business Systems Enterprise Goods and Services Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 opt 0 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 2-Limited From: sfms-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:sfms-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of VIDAL Trudy * EGS Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 10:17 AM To: sfms-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [SFMS-News] Mainframe - SFMA is Down Importance: High The State Data Center is looking into the problem. Thank you for your patience. Trudy Vidal, CPA SFMS Operations Manager Enterprise Goods and Services Financial Business Systems 503-373-0734 Visit our Web site: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/SFMS/Pages/index.aspx Data Classification: Level 2 - Limited -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Tue Apr 2 16:06:42 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 23:06:42 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ OSPS - Payroll System Support is Moving Message-ID: Payroll Professionals, We are moving floors within our building. We will be physically moving on Thursday, 4/4/13. Our phone numbers will not change. Currently we are on the third floor along the south wall. We are moving to the first floor into the walled-off area next to the lockboxes. Our address will change slightly. We no longer use a "U" number at the end of our physical address. So the full address for us now is: OSPS-Payroll System Support (formerly Central or Statewide Payroll) 155 Cottage St NE Salem, OR 97301-3964 We've updated the address labels on our website under 'contact us'. Thank you. Oregon Statewide Payroll Services Financial Business Systems Enterprise Goods and Services Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 opt 0 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 2-Limited From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Apr 3 11:18:49 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:18:49 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ 2012 W-2 Online Format Change Message-ID: Great News! For tax year 2012 only, the online PDF copy of employees' W-2s has now been formatted to meet the criteria for filing a paper tax return with both the IRS and Oregon Dept. of Revenue! This means that you will no longer need to request a copy using the OSPS form "W-2 Reprint / Reissued Statement Request". This applies to tax year 2012 W-2s only. Tax years 2008-2011 will still need to be requested using the OSPS form. Remember, for all available tax years, the online PDF copy of the W-2 will satisfy any purpose an employee or third party would need it for besides filing a paper tax return with the IRS. So, save both you and your employee time and energy by utilizing this great resource. If you have any questions about this or anything else please contact our Help Desk at 503.378.6777 '0' or by e-mail osps.help at state.or.us. Seth Lewis Senior System Analyst DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services 503.373.0259 - direct 503.378.3518 - fax seth.lewis at state.or.us Visit Our Online Resource Center: State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Mon Apr 8 10:33:24 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:33:24 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Workers Benefit Fund Rate Change Message-ID: Good morning, Effective April 1, 2013, there is a new rate for the Workers' Benefit Fund administered by the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The rate is 3.3 cents per hour or partial hour worked. The prior rate was 2.8 cents per hour. The Workers' Benefit Fund covers workers with disabilities, the reemployment assistance program, research on occupational and environmental toxicology, and several other statutorily-directed programs (see ORS chapter 656 for details). Funding for the 3.3 cents per hour or partial hour is paid by both the employer (1.7 cents) and the employee (1.6 cents). Beginning in April (and first appearing on the May 1st pay stub) there will be a charge of 1.6 cents per hour or partial hour worked to the employee. Hours worked in a month can vary. For illustration purposes, a month having 20 working days at 8 hours each day results in 160 potential hours that could be worked (assuming no overtime and no leave taken). The deduction from a paycheck for someone working 160 hours would be $2.56, a 32 cent increase. Thank you, Sandy Sandy Ridderbusch, Manager Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS / Enterprise Goods and Services 155 Cottage Street NE, Salem, OR 97301-3969 (503) 373-0198 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Mon Apr 8 11:16:35 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:16:35 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ FW: OSPS Datamart field addition Message-ID: OSPS is forwarding this message on behalf of the Datamart Support team. Thank you, Sandy Sandy Ridderbusch, Oregon Statewide Payroll Services - (503) 373-0198 Visit Our Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/ From: datamart-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:datamart-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Datamart Support Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 9:20 AM To: datamart-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [Datamart-News] OSPS Datamart field addition The Datamart team implemented a new column called "POSITION_NUM" to the following tables this past weekend: OSPS_LABOR_COST OSPS_LABOR_COST_B OSPS_LABOR_COST_PB OSPS_LABOR_COST_PP The first month that will be populated will be for March 2013 - which will load the night of April 9. The new field will be populated on a 'go forward' basis only. This means if you query data earlier than March 2013, the "Position_Num" field will be blank. In addition, only data from March 2013 forward will show actual information. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Aaron Wallace Sr. Datamart Business Analyst Department of Administrative Services Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Apr 10 08:39:12 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:39:12 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ OSPS Staff Email and Phones Temporarily down Message-ID: Payroll Professionals, OSPS Staff are temporarily without email and phone as we finish up our move today. We plan on having everything up and running again by 10am. We do have access to Help Desk phone and email. If you need assistance please contact us via the Help Desk. As always, please verify that your fax transmissions were successful. Thank you for your patience during our transition. Seth Lewis, Senior System Analyst Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS / Enterprise Goods and Services 155 Cottage Street NE,Salem, OR 97301 (503) 373-0259 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Apr 10 11:57:34 2013 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:57:34 +0000 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ OSPS Staff Email and Phones Back Online Message-ID: Hello all, We are back. Thanks for your patience during our "down time". Seth Seth Lewis, Senior System Analyst Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS / Enterprise Goods and Services 155 Cottage Street NE, Salem, OR 97301 (503) 373-0259 From: osps-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:osps-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:39 AM To: OSPS News (Osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) Subject: OSPS E-News ~ OSPS Staff Email and Phones Temporarily down Payroll Professionals, OSPS Staff are temporarily without email and phone as we finish up our move today. We plan on having everything up and running again by 10am. We do have access to Help Desk phone and email. If you need assistance please contact us via the Help Desk. As always, please verify that your fax transmissions were successful. Thank you for your patience during our transition. 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We have DCBS coming with a presentation about Workers Compensation and OSPS will be giving an update on two enterprise projects including a demo of ePaystub. Come with your workers compensation questions, since the experts will be in the room. If you wish to participate remotely through OregonConnect (iLinc), please contact Seth.Lewis at state.or.us by 10:00 am tomorrow (I will not be at my desk after 11:00). If you have questions, please contact Seth.Lewis at state.or.us or OSPS.help at das.state.or.us See you tomorrow! Seth Lewis Senior System Analyst DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services 503.373.0259 - direct 503.378.3518 - fax seth.lewis at state.or.us Visit Our Online Resource Center: State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing and interpreting information contained in agency accounting records; participates in budget preparation and execution; assists in the development, administration, and reporting of grants and contracts; and is responsible for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the annual statewide financial report. The agency is looking for an experienced accountant with diverse knowledge of many specialized areas related to financial application of internal controls, accounting theory and structures, specifically as applied to the Statewide Financial Management Application (SFMA), and ability to independently research complex accounting questions, present alternative solutions, and recommend a course of action. In order to apply, you must be a current, regular status employee of the State of Oregon in a permanent or limited duration (not temporary) position. Link to NEOGOV Posting: WRD13-0007A Accountant 4 If you have any questions, please feel free to send me an email or give me a call. This posting closes on May 8, 2013. Sandy Todd Fiscal Services Manager Oregon Water Resources Department Sandra.K.Todd at state.or.us 503-986-0921 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: