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Dear SPLS community,</div>
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I am pleased to share that we are initiating an improved system for financial documents and administrative requests in SPLS. This is one part of our ongoing process of increasing stability, efficiency, accuracy, and communication across our unit.</div>
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The new system is meant to:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><b>Make submission much easier for documenting things</b> like P-card use and reimbursement requests</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Allow <b>tracking of every submission</b>, so nothing is lost in the void of SPLS-bizoffice</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Ensure that <b>you will receive a confirmation of your submission</b>, so you know it's been received</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Support <b>submission of images of receipts, or digital receipts</b> (no more paper receipts...!)</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Make it easy to submit documentation from anywhere, <b>
including on your phone</b> in many cases</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Make it <b>straightforward for 'backup teams' of accountants to handle our submissions if needed</b>, as the same system now is used by multiple units.</div>
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This new approach ('<b>Smartsheets</b>') should be intuitive and easy to use. It is brought to us by Jen Rascon, to whom I am tremendously grateful. The links below will go live on our new website shortly. </div>
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<b>How to:</b> If you are documenting your use of a P-card, asking for a reimbursement, or are in need of another financial service, please try this link.</div>
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<i>Financial request:</i> <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/1b9ca1c09e8b4303ab9805f162f668bd" id="OWA30349719-09fc-3969-3b99-d5398d695d4b" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/1b9ca1c09e8b4303ab9805f162f668bd. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="0" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/1b9ca1c09e8b4303ab9805f162f668bd</a></u></span></div>
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If you have an admin request, please try this link:</div>
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<i>Admin request: </i><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/4d85016f0429461cb04b6ceefc1bf15c" id="OWA9b385371-0ab2-2fe4-d14f-094bee47f3ee" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/4d85016f0429461cb04b6ceefc1bf15c. Click or tap if you trust this link." data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="1" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/4d85016f0429461cb04b6ceefc1bf15c</a></u></span></div>
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<b>We will continue to monitor SPLS-bizoffice for the coming weeks, but the links above have many benefits and are the preferred method now.
</b>Please know that Smartsheets are still improving, but they should be stable and ready.</div>
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<b>If you have questions and concerns, </b>please contact Jen Rascon (jrascon1@arizona.edu). Please feel free to include me on your note if you wish, as we want to get this right.</div>
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Warm regards,</div>
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Betsy</div>
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