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PFA Eligible Transactions Question: What is the timeframe for processing State Controller’s Office (SCO) approvals or denials? Answer: There is no approval for the Labor Distribution allocation and manual allocation. The Plan of Financial Adjustment (PFA) will replace...
Valid Emails Important for Secondary User IDs
Sometimes a FI$Cal system end user will need to set up a secondary user account in addition to the one they normally use to conduct business in the system. While there are a variety of reasons as to why a you may need a secondary account, the one thing that is...
Command Center to be Activated for SCO Release
The Department of FISCal is opening a virtual command center next week to handle customer service needs arising from the June 2020 State Controller’s Office (SCO) Release. Its purpose is to provide enhanced support to our departments for at least three months...
Finance Offering Session II of Year-End Training
June 12, 2020 - The Department of Finance will conduct Session II of its year-end training for FI$Cal departments over the next two weeks. In accordance with the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the California Department of Public Health, classes will be offered in an...
FI$Cal to Help Track State’s COVID-19 Spending
The Department of Finance and the Department of FI$Cal have developed a method to track spending related to COVID-19 in the FI$Cal system. It will require departments to associate their transactions (purchase orders, vouchers, receipts) with COVID-19 attribute values...
Greater Innovation Going into FI$Cal System to Help Departments
By Neeraj Chauhan, FI$Cal Chief Deputy Director At FI$Cal, our customers stand at the forefront of what we do. I’m excited to share our evolution at FI$Cal – putting artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) into our systems to bring more help...