December

Date

Policy

Summary of Change
12/15/2005 FIS 1402-01
Airfare Purchasing Policy - Not Utilizing Contracted Travel Agencies		 Added: Travelers are required to obtain a written quote from one of the contracted travel agencies showing the cost of the most economical direct route of travel as justification before using non-contracted agency that offers lower cost airfare.
12/8/2005

FIS 408-02
Car Rentals

 Added information about using the Auto Pay vendor program for car rentals.

November

Date

Policy

Summary of Change
11/15/2005 FIS 410-30
Information Technology Expenditures		 Added this expenditure to the manual.
11/10/2005 FIS 410-05
Hosting Groups and Official Guests (non-employees)		 Increased the Maximum Meal Amounts.

October

Date

Policy

Summary of Change
10/25/2005 FIS 002
Definitions		 Revised the definition for AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES and added the definition for AGENCY.
FIS 103-06 and FIS 411-03
Income Account Code to Agency Funds Using a JV		 New pieces of information added.

September

Date

Policy

Summary of Change
9/27/2005 FIS 1402-13
Employee Recognition		 Added new policy to FIS Manual.
9/22/2005 FIS Manual Replaced old links to FASOM manual with new links to the OUS Fiscal Policy Manual.
FIS 410-08
Retirement Receptions/Employee Recognition		 Institutional funds can no longer be used for these purposes.

July

Date

Policy

Summary of Change
7/11/2005 FIS 1403-01
Designated Operations		 Replaced entry for Cr. Departmental General Fund Account Code from 09390 to 79390 (Admin Service Internal Sales) in the procedure section.

May

Date

Policy

Summary of Change
5/23/2005 FIS 410-05
Hosting Groups and Official Guests (non-employees)		 Replaced "In the case where a receipt has been lost, an affidavit of lost/missing receipt can be substituted which includes all the details above. Use of affidavit of lost/missing receipt should be rare; employees should submit requests for reimbursement in a timely manner to minimize the loss of the original itemized receipts."

With In the case where a receipt has been lost, contact Accounts Payable.
FIS 1403-01
Designated Operations		 Changed the amount limit to $25,000 for Carry over from one fiscal year to the next