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Mission Statement To provide State and Federal agencies, the general public, and other interested public or private entities with accurate and timely financial services, management information, and technical assistance while ensuring compliance with related statutes and rules; to maintain and improve the Statewide automated financial systems; and to provide for the safeguarding of State assets. 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Read more about SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective January 21, 2020 Reporting Requirements for New Financial Obligations Exceeding One Million Dollars Read more about Reporting Requirements for New Financial Obligations Exceeding One Million Dollars New Administrative Adjustment Form A new form called the Administrative Adjustment Request Form has been posted to the GAO website. The new form relates to administrative adjustments that require approval from the Director of the Department of Administration pursuant to A.R.S. § 35-191.A. Any related request will require the completion of this form. Read more about New Administrative Adjustment Form Administrative Adjustment Request Read more about Administrative Adjustment Request infoAdvantage Statewide report updates Read more about infoAdvantage Statewide report updates SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective January 21, 2020 New or updated Sections, if any, of the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) listed below have been posted to https://gao.az.gov/publications/saam . Changes contained in updated SAAM sections can easily be identified using the instructions contained in SAAM 0007. Read more about SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective January 21, 2020 infoAdvantage User Group Meeting The GAO will be hosting an infoAdvantage User Group meeting on January 28, 2020 from 1-3 pm in ADOA Conference room 300. Read more about infoAdvantage User Group Meeting 2020 Annual PCI Training Courses All State agencies that accept payment cards must have their employees take and pass the mandatory PCI role-based training courses between January 1st and March 1 st annually, so that The State of Arizona complies with the PCI DSS requirements and audit. The training has been broken down into three learning tracks per the user roles (see below). Your agency Learning Read more about 2020 Annual PCI Training Courses News & Updates infoAdvantage Statewide report updates 01-24-2020 SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective January 21, 2020 01-21-2020 SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective January 21, 2020 01-21-2020 New Administrative Adjustment Form 01-17-2020 View all News and Updates Month Close Dates FY 2020 Month Soft Close* Hard Close June (FY2019) 07/07/19 08/07/19 13th Month (FY2019) 07/19/19 08/29/19 July 08/29/19 08/29/19 August 09/04/19 10/02/19 September 10/04/19 10/28/19 October 11/04/19 11/25/19 November 12/04/19 12/30/19 December 01/04/20 01/22/20 January 02/04/20 February 03/04/20 March 04/03/20 April 05/04/20 May 06/03/20 June 07/06/20 13th Month TBD * Soft close will be completed on the days listed above before transaction processing begins for that business day. * Monthly reports, including monthly extracts (outbound interfaces) will be run in the batch cycle on the days listed above for the previous month. 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