Final copies of the 2018 Equal Employment Opportunity Report (FPP F.016) will be sent to each state agency and institution of higher education via electronic file transfer on Oct. 30.

Oct. 26 is the deadline for making data corrections. Corrections entered or submitted after this date will not be reflected in the final report. The Comptroller’s office will send the final report to the Civil Rights Division of the Texas Workforce Commission on Oct. 30.

State agencies that permit eligible employees to level their benefit replacement pay (BRP) must update their payroll/personnel systems for December payrolls paid in calendar year 2019.

Learn more about Benefit Replacement Pay (BRP) Leveling Election (FPP F.035).

Per Encumbrance Report and Lapsing of Appropriations (APS 018) (FPP A.019), state agencies and institutions of higher education must submit the online Annual Certification by Oct. 30. (The recommended due date for simplified reporting agencies was Sept. 30.)

An automatic lapse program will run in USAS as early as the Nov. 1 nightly cycle.

An exception to open records requests is available for employees who would be under substantial threat of physical harm if information such as work location were to be made public. See Personal Safety Exception in Confidential Employee Information for Open Records Requests Requiring Agency Input (FPP L.004).

If your agency has employees who may qualify for the personal safety exception, contact Ruth Soucy in Open Records at (512) 475-0411 or Ruth.Soucy@cpa.texas.gov.

The multi-system user group meeting is scheduled for Oct. 23 from 10 – 11 a.m. in the Travis Building, Room 1-100.

USPS, SPRS, HRIS, CAPPS Central and CAPPS Hub user groups are invited to attend. The primary topic will be statewide reports.

See Payroll Systems User Group Meetings for the meeting agenda, teleconferencing instructions and contact information.

The effective start date for budget T-codes 001, 003, 006, 009, 012, 015, 018, 021, 036, 039, 040, 041, 042 and 043 will be changed to “09012018” at 7 a.m. on Nov. 2.

Fiscal Management’s Financial Reporting section verifies general revenue information submitted by state agencies and needs to ensure that agencies cannot backdate entries, which would change the agency’s general revenue amount.

The general revenue reconciliation certification is due on Nov. 1. If you have questions about these changes, contact your financial reporting analyst.

By Oct. 30 each year, state agencies and institutions of higher education must lapse appropriation balances that exceed the level necessary to satisfy any outstanding binding encumbrances and/or payables. Additionally, all agencies must submit the online Annual Certification by Oct. 30. (Sept. 30 is the recommended due date for simplified reporting agencies to lapse appropriation balances and submit annual certifications.)

Each year on Nov. 1, the Comptroller’s office is statutorily required to lapse all unencumbered nonconstruction appropriation balances for all prior appropriation years. To facilitate this, an automatic lapse program will run in USAS as early as the Nov. 1 nightly cycle.

See Encumbrance Report and Lapsing of Appropriations (APS 018) (FPP A.019)  for details.