Business Services

Sep 8, 2025

Reminder to Deactivate PCards for Departing Employees

As a reminder, cardholders must return their PCard to their supervisor upon termination of employment or transfer to another department. Supervisors are then responsible for ensuring the PCard is deactivated… 

Sep 8, 2025

Eligibility for Travel Advances

Travel advances are available for eligible employees to cover out-of-pocket expenses. Please review the criteria in Section 1.1.3 of the Travel Manual before submitting a request: AND, one of the… 

Sep 8, 2025

Controller’s Office Updated Forms

The Controller’s Office recently updated its forms and gave them unique “Go Links” to make them easier to find and manage. You can now access these forms through a new… 

Sep 8, 2025

Update to Procurement Threshold

The state of North Carolina updated its procurement and bidding thresholds. The new competition threshold for informal bidding increased from $29,000 to $31,000. Following is a summary of updates and… 

Sep 8, 2025

Annual Effort Reporting Due September 30

CALS faculty, students, and staff who have worked on a ledger 5 project and/or have been paid on a Capacity Grant (Hatch and Smith-Lever) received a system-generated Annual Effort Report… 

Sep 5, 2025

Aging Reports: Collections for A/R Billing Requests

As part of the pilot program for the CBO Accounts Receivable (A/R) collections process, it has been shared in newsletters over the past year that departments/billing units should notify the… 

Sep 5, 2025

Ordering Deposit Slips From the University Bookstore

If your department needs to reorder university deposit slips from the bookstore, please note that the contact person has changed. Debra Goode has retired and is no longer the point of… 

Aug 9, 2025

PCard Deadlines for 2025

Please take a moment to review the CALS CBO PCard Billing Cycle Calendar to help ensure PCard deadlines are met. As a reminder, cardholders should: 

Aug 9, 2025

Mandatory PCard Reconciler Refresher Training

PCard Reconcilers within CALS, who have not taken Reconciler training within the last two years, should have received an email from Card Services and/or REPORTER regarding the PCard Reconciler Refresher… 

Aug 8, 2025

PCard for Travel-Related Expenses

Per the Travel Manual, the PCard should be used, to the extent possible, for all authorized travel expenses, as it provides an efficient method to handle travel-related expenses. Individuals with…