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Issue 38  (June 28, 2005)

  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Procurement Card Payment Procedures for Year-End Close
  • Fleet Vehicle Catalog Master Agreement (CMA) News
  • For MRDB Users
  • Important Message Concerning MARS Training
  • New Appointment within the Office of Material and Procurement Services
  • eMARS Web Site Now Available
  • No Change to Quarterly Travel Reimbursement Rate for Employees
  • MARS Training Schedule June-October 2005

Issue 37 (March 30, 2005)

  • eMARS is COMING!

  • Return of Payroll Funds to Agencies from Personnel
  • Updates to Procurement Desktop Cited Authorities
  • Procurement Desktop Users Have You Received HTTP Errors??
  • Changes to Quarterly Travel Reimbursement Rates for Employees
  • FY2005 Closing Memo Now Posted
  • Remember to Protect Your MARS Password
  • MARS Security Reminder
  • Mars Training Schedule April-June 2005
  • Issue 36 (February 24, 2005) 

  • Purge of Fiscal Year 2004 ADVANTAGE Records This Weekend
  • Reminder to Agencies Regarding Conflict of Interest Provisions of KRS 45A.340
  • Payroll Disbursements Limited to Regular, Supplemental and Manual Payrolls
  • ADVANTAGE SUSF Table Available in MRDB
  • Attention: Procurement Desktop Users who Create Solicitations
  • Issue 35 (January 12, 2005)
     

  • System Scheduled Down Time On January 15 and 16 for MARS Components
  • MARS RELEASE Monday, January 17
  • Questions??
  • Procurement Desktop Cited Authorities Guidelines
  • MARS TIP...Need Help Locating Commodity Codes on PD Documents??
  • Assisting Vendors in Applying Payments Originating in Procurement Desktop
  • MARS Security Reminder...
  • New View in MRDB for Contract Activity
  • Procurement Desktop Reminder:  Avoid Using Your Inbox and Team Cabinet as a Working Cabinet
  • Identifying Your Agency's MARS Contacts
  • Issue 34   (January 5, 2005)

    ATTENTION: Procurement Card Administrators and Cardholders Modifications to Procurement Card Activity Report

  • Reminder To All Agencies of Purchasing Procedures
  • Update to the MARS Vendor File
  • Need A MARS Tutor?
  • Beginning Steps in MRDB and MS Access
  • Staying in Touch with MARS
  • Vendor Registration Contact Changes in the Office of the Controller
  • MARS Training Schedule January-March 2005
  • A New Look for Web Sites!
  • Recent Changes to 200 KAR 2:006 Regulation on Travel Expense and Reimbursement for State Employees
  • Issue 33 Release   (October 6, 2004)

  • Attention: Procurement Card Administrators And Cardholders Re: PROCARD Activity Reports
  • Are there new MARS' users in your agency? Perhaps they need MARS training…
  • Quarterly Travel Reimbursement Rates for Employees Unchanged
  • Procurement Desktop Users: Two Cited Authorities Have Recently Been Updated
  • Reorganization Changes Can Affect How PD Solicitations Post to the e-Procurement site
  • New CMAs Available for Mailing Machine Equipment
  • Attention: PD Users of CMA for Janitorial Supplies and Equipment
  • Are My Procard Activity Reports Ready to Submit to the CRC?
  • MARS Training Schedule October-December 2004
  • Issue 32 Release  (July 23, 2004)

  • Financial Analysis System (FAS) Software Release
  • Attention: Procurement Desktop Users of CMA for Janitorial Supplies and Equipment
  • Revised Organization Maintenance Guidelines in Procurement Desktop
  • FY 2005 Monthly Closing Schedule Available
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    Issue 31 Release  (June 30, 2004)

  • Significant Changes to FAP 111-58-00 Procurement Card Program
  • Attention: Procurement Desktop Document Creators and Approvers
  • New FAP 300-01-00 Cellular Phones
  • Finance and Administration Cabinet Cellular Phone Reimbursement Guidelines
  • Other Newly Amended FAPs Effective June 15, 2004
  • Changes to 200 KAR 2:006E Employees' Reimbursement for Travel
  • Frequently Asked Questions For Year End Close and New Year Changes
  • Financial Analysis System (FAS) Users and Network Administrators: Heads Up!
  • MARS Hours of Availability Extended
  • IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: From the Office of the State Budget Director
  • Issue 30 Release  (April 22, 2004)

  • System Scheduled Down Time
  • Upcoming eProcurement Website Changes
  • Pre-Audit Communication Method Change
  • Procurement Desktop and Excel Spreadsheet Attachments
  • When Adding Multiple Vendor Email Addresses in PD
  • Accuracy of Data Entry on PD Documents and MRDB Report Data
  • Routing to Team Cabinets
  • Change Defaulted Address Information on Catalog Delivery Orders in Procurement Desktop
  • Important FAPs!
  • Issue 29 Release(March 31, 2004)

  • Commonwealth Contract Administration/ Payment Procedures
  • Catalog Search Reminders
  • FY2004 Closing Memo Now Posted
  • New Document Subtypes
  • E-procurement Website Address Changes
  • Frequently Asked Questions Relating to the Newly Amended Travel Regs
  • MARS Training Schedule April-June 2004
  • Issue 28 Release (February 25, 2004)

  • Change in Training Requirements for Procurement Personnel
  • New View Available in MRDB for ADVANTAGE Document Approvals
  • Document Direct Reports Discontinued March 1
  • Online Bidding Now Available to Agencies
  • CRC Class Offered..
  • Issue 27 Release  (January 16, 2004)

  • Governor's Executive Order 2003-064
  • KAR and FAP Amendments Effective January 2004
  • Seagate (3190 Agency 1099) Report Now Available
  • Referencing the MARS ADVANTAGE User's Guide
  • Attention: MRDB and Seagate Users Regarding System Availability
  • MARS Security Reminder
  • MARS Training Schedule January-March 2004
  • ISSUE 14b



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