CIRES Finance is excited to announce the hire of Meghan Henderson. Meghan will assist with travel approvals and reimbursements, purchasing, and post-award management. Meghan most recently worked at an educational non-profit organization. We are in the process of training Meghan but you’ll begin hearing from her soon.… Read More
Beginning on January 6, 2020, the Procurement Service Center (PSC) will allow travelers access to book international flights through Concur. After your trip request has been approved, you may book your international airfare through either Concur or Christopherson Business Travel (CBT). There is no cost for booking international travel through Concur; international travel booked through… Read More
CU Systems Administration offices are closed from December 24, 2019 – January 1, 2020. The CU Systems Administration Offices include the Procurement Service Center (PSC) which reviews and processes all Travel and P-Card Expense Reports, all invoices and payments through CU Marketplace, approves new Travel & P-Card requests, and makes updates to existing Travel &… Read More
There is currently a system-wide issue with Concur, where folks are not seeing the “Travel” tab that allows them to get airfare quotes or book their airfare or make other travel arrangements. This issue is wide-spread across most Concur users at CU and is being addressed. The Procurement Service Center (PSC) does not have an… Read More
The process to change the Approving Official for CIRES PCard holders did take longer than expected, which caused some PCard holders to have to delay the submission of their current PCard report. The Procurement Service Center (PSC) has made it clear that no violation points will be assessed for reports that have unsubmitted expenses at… Read More
Attending AGU or AMS? Every year, the CIRES communications team highlights a subset of CIRES presentations and posters in a conference “tip sheet” for journalists and leadership. We will post these online (cires.colorado.edu) about 2 weeks ahead of each conference; check them out, and follow CIRES on Twitter during the conferences to learn more about… Read More
Have you submitted a travel voucher to us recently? Our travel team has a current processing time of 15 business days for travel reimbursements. Thank you for your patience as we work through the current heavy volume of reimbursement requests!… Read More
Keep your receipts. The university requires an itemized receipt, showing proof of payment ($0 balance due), for any transactions of $75 or more. Per Diem. You can check the General Services Administration (GSA) website to see the meals & incidentals rates for the location you’re headed to: San Francisco ($76); Boston ($71). The rate on… Read More
CIRES Finance is happy to introduce two new employees: Aly Nahum is our new Property & Purchasing Manager; Dawn Williams is our newest Finance Manager, who will be working in pre-award and post-award. In the next month, more information will be posted on their new responsibilities and the support they are providing to our faculty,… Read More
NOAA Climate Program Office Solicitation : Are you planning to submit a proposal through CU/CIRES for the upcoming NOAA solicitation NOAA-OAR-CPO-2020-2006076? There are 10 competitions under this solicitation and all are due on 10/28/19. Non-mandatory Letters of Intent (LOIs) are due via email by 8/23/19, 3:00 MST. Please email CIRES Proposals as soon as possible if you need… Read More
