Reminder! Save Your Important Emails by October 1
On October 1, 2022, GSA will delete emails sent or received before October 1, 2015. If your GSA email account was active before then, watch a video to learn how to save email (and attachments) you want to keep.
Update! Save the Date: Agency-wide Town Hall
What: A virtual town hall to discuss GSA's sustainability-related efforts, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other updates
When: Thursday, October 20, from 2-3 p.m., Eastern [add to your calendar]
More info: Submit any questions you have in advance by October 3. Starting October 4, you'll have a chance to vote on the submitted questions. This town hall will be streamed on Zoom, and live closed captioning will be available.
Video streaming tip: Connect to the live stream using your internet connection, not GSA's VPN.
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Update! Get Ready for Performance Closeout
Get a head start on your end-of-year performance closeout by checking out these trainings and job aids from the Office of Human Resource Management:
Job Aids
- Performance Planning
- Performance End of Year
- Giving and Receiving Feedback on Performance
- Writing Strong Accomplishment Narratives
Trainings (register via Online University)
- Performance Management Training for Supervisors & Managers (October 13 and 26)
- Employee Self-assessments (October 18)
FY22 performance appraisals and FY23 performance plans must be discussed and completed in HR Links by November 14.
Don't Wait — Mandatory Training Due October 31!
Due Monday, October 31:
- Accountability for GSA Property
- Continuity of Operations Awareness
- Enhancing Customer Experience
- Ethics
- Telework and Remote Work
- Records Management
These courses are now available in Online University.
Training tip: To access your mandatory training, click on My Learning on the Online University home page. Once you're on the transcript page, click on the Open Curriculum button next to GSA 2022 Mandatory Refresher Training for Employees. On that page you'll find all the required training courses.
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Join the Hispanic Special Emphasis Program to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is upon us and the Hispanic Special Emphasis Program (HSEP) is hosting a number of great events in September and October. This year’s theme is “Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.”
Join HSEP for a Latinx Lunch & Learn Series, which will be hosted at 1 p.m. Eastern on:
- October 5, Mexico by Omar Gonzalez
- October 6, Colombia by Gladys Salamanca
- October 12, Mexico by Imelda Patino
For a full slate of Hispanic Heritage Month events, check out HSEP's calendar of events.
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ICYMI: This Week's Messages from GSA Leadership
9/29: Administrator Carnahan provides an update on Hurricane Ian and GSA's response to the storm
9/27: Deputy Administrator Katy Kale shares GSA's new DEIA strategic plan and path forward
9/27: Associate Administrator Kristal Brumfield and Commissioner Nina Albert announce GSA's new Sustainability Awards Program
Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
Prepare for G-Invoicing with Upcoming Training Sessions
In preparation for G-Invoicing, which GSA will begin implementing on October 1, the Office of Financial Management is offering the following G-Invoicing training sessions:
- Thursday, October 6 - 10:30 a.m. to noon
- Wednesday, October 12 - 9 to 10:30 a.m.
- Monday, October 17 - 2:30 to 4 p.m.
- Friday, October 28 - 9:30 to 11 a.m.
These training sessions will provide an overview of the G-Invoicing system and a demo of key features. Sign up today! Each session will be an hour and a half — one hour for content and a half hour for questions.
For more information about the G-Invoicing rollout, visit the G-Invoicing InSite page.
Update! OCFO's National Alert and Accountability System Response Rate Improves
Following the recent test of the National Alert and Accountability System, our office increased its annual average response rate to 90.5%! Great work, OCFO!
Every week we will feature OCFO colleagues who have been recognized by their peers for their great work and character. This is a quick, easy, and fun way to acknowledge and thank one another.
To recognize one (or more) of your peers in the next Week in Review, use the OCFO Shout Outs Google Form.
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Shout Out to Veronica Butler, Hilary Busbee, Grace Jeon, Dan Icitovic, Sophie Rybacki, and Will Spelker (all BIC)!
This shout out goes to those BIC team members that work hard everyday to support GSA customers. Here is just a small sampling of what they have achieved in the past year:
- Responded to and resolved approximately 1,000 user coding and template requests through the SSO Code Request mailbox.
- Supported 500 operations and maintenance requests related to business intelligence (BI) applications (Business Objects and PBS BI).
- Implemented 400 solutions (new development or significant enhancements) within OCFO BI tools saving over 3,000 productivity hours and reducing many more stress hours.
- Effectively maintained OCFO and GSA.gov websites to ensure accuracy of information while also incorporating new or enhanced sites such as G-Invoicing and Audits and Accountability. FY 2022 generated over 30,000 OCFO pageviews on Insite alone.
- Offered a dozen training courses in financial data, systems, and reporting with 850 in total attendance.
This is just a glimpse into some of the amazing things this group accomplished while also spearheading or supporting many key OCFO initiatives (vendor clean-up, ASSIST upgrades/migration, CALM implementation, report inventory cleanup, and many others).
Kudos to Veronica, Hilary, Grace, Dan, Sophie, and Will for all your hard work that enables others to research transactions, generate agency financial reports, produce insightful analysis, and create process-efficient bots. I look forward to seeing what you do for an encore in FY 2023.
Submitted by: Mike Wano (BIC)
Welcome to the OCFO Analytics Corner! Each week, the Analytics Community of Practice (A-CoP) team will be sharing events, training, resources, and more. Complete this Google Form to receive more information about the A-CoP or to get involved.
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Examining Product Service Utilization with FAS Cloud Services
Join us on Wednesday, October 26 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern for the latest in a series about FAS Cloud Services. Sven Carlson will demonstrate how FCS Enterprise Data Architecture is leveraged to enrich FPDS contracting data and analyze opportunities for growth across business lines.
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Visit the Mandatory Training page on GSA's InSite for mandatory training deadlines and watch the GSA News & Info section for training reminders.
Looking for enterprise-wide training? You'll find a selection of the month's offerings below or check out the Online University Events Calendar for a full slate of training opportunities.
New! October Enterprise-wide Training
Check out the Online University Events Calendar for more training opportunities.
New! Register Now for the Fall Forum
The Budget LoB Fall 2022 Virtual Forum will be held on October 17, 18, 19, and 20 (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs). Session registration pages are now open!
The Budget LoB Forum is a semi-annual conference dedicated to bringing together budget professionals and others interested in the work and products of the Budget LoB, with a focus on growing your individual skills and making your organization more efficient and effective. This year's line-up features a number of budget trainings, career development discussions, and demos of budget community solutions from Budget LoB partners.
If special accommodations are necessary for you to attend the forum, send an e-mail to BudgetLoB@ed.gov by October 3. Please specify your particular need in the e-mail.
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Registration Now Open for the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
The Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), a cooperative undertaking of the Treasury, GAO, OMB, and OPM, will hold its JFMIPVirtualsm conference on November 17, from 9:00–4:15 p.m.
JFMIP provides a forum for those in the federal financial management community to learn about current issues, exchange knowledge, and share experiences in improving financial management operations and policies
This free virtual event will provide up to 4.5 NASBA CPE credits.
Preview the event schedule and register today!
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Apply for the Data to Decisions Data Science Practitioner Training Cohort
In this program, open to all GSA employees, you’ll build technical skills and learn how to create intuitive dashboards.
The program includes: 13 data science classes to gain better business insights from data; a capstone project to apply your skills to a real-world business problem; and self-study with Python, SQL and Tableau to further your learning.
Apply to participate by filling out this Google Form.
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