New! Submit Spot Awards by September 15th
The deadline for submitting FY 2023 special act and group awards for processing is Friday, September 15th. Spot awards allow you to recognize individuals and groups of employees for exemplary performance and accomplishments. Review GSA’s additional guidance for special act awards and additional guidance for group awards for determining appropriate justification and approval requirements.
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ICYMI: Messages from GSA Leadership
No new messages this week. Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
Don't Let the Next Lunch With a Leader Pass You By!
Sign up today to join Evan Farley for lunch on Wednesday, September 13th at noon by signing up here.
Lunches are limited to 20 people, so sign up today!
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Reminder! There's Still Time to Share Your Story for Hispanic Heritage Month!
Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15th and, this year, we want to share stories of our very own Hispanic and Latino/a employees. If you want to be highlighted as part of OCFO's recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, please fill out this brief Google form.
GSA's Hispanic Special Emphasis Program will be hosting a slate of activities to celebrate the month. You can find a calendar of events or sign up to join on the HSEP Google site.
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New! COOP and Records Management
The National Archives and Records Administration just posted information on how to deal with disasters concerning agency records on their Records Express Blog. Of immediate concern is the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1st and runs through November 30th.
How to deal with records recovery, records emergency disposal, and information security: https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/vital-records/disaster-pocs.html
Other emergency-related resources you should be familiar with are FEMA.gov and GSA’s Emergency Support Website, which provides information on emergency assistance for facilities, damaged vehicles, and more and includes GSA hotlines. The GSA Emergency Support website also provides information on contracting for emergency services.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Les.Painter@gsa.gov.
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 Francesco Dal Molin (BR4R)!
Francesco has gone far above and beyond what OCFO should have to do to assist PBS and the customer agency in how to get logged into G-invoicing and process their documents. I am grateful for the consistent high-level of effort he puts into educating himself on new policies/procedures and helping to raise others to that level of performance.
Submitted by: Erin McGee (BR4R)
Shout out to Teresa Potts-Hill (BG2ECD)!
Shout out to Teresa Potts-Hill for happily taking on a new challenge in GP&IT! Thank you, Teresa, for being open to learning a new task and showing your team spirit in our section. You are making great strides in working with CALM/IPP documents in Pegasys!
Submitted by: Laurie McConaughey (BG2ECD)
Shout out to Laurie McConaughey, Jane Binagi, and Stephanie Steffensmeier (all BG2ECD)!
Thanks to the GP&IT team for always sharing their knowledge on the 3-way match process in Pegasys. The knowledge shared has been priceless!
Submitted by: Mary Moody (BG2ECE)
Shout out to Mike Montenegro (BGF)!
Shoutout to Mike for streamlining the invoice reconciliation reporting process! Our new process replaces having to pull, consolidate, and reconcile several reports to now only running one Business Objects query. It has proven to be time efficient and has greatly increase efficacy. Thanks, Mike!
Submitted by: Derek Blanchard (BGF)
Shout out to Laurie McConaughey (BG2ECD)!
Laurie McConaughey is a G.O.A.T. (SS) Greatest Of All Time Superwoman Supervisor. She always help with a smile. That's the best help one could ever give. Kudos to you, Ms. Lauriem and a OCFO shout out from the mountain top.
Submitted by: Teresa M Potts-Hill (BG2ECD)
Shout out to Cedric Norton (BG2BA)!
Shout out to Cedric Norton for "holding my hand" on completing a checklist I had never worked before. The config team has been so very helpful during my time here.
Submitted by: Alicia Best (BG2BA)
Welcome to the OCFO Analytics Corner! Each week, the Analytics Community of Practice (A-CoP) team will be sharing events, training, resources, and more. If you would like to learn more about the OCFO Analytics Community of Practice, you can sign up for updates here.
Looking for New Training Opportunities?
Are you on the hunt for training courses to round out the last few weeks of this fiscal year? Look no further! DataCamp offers over 440 courses that can help you unlock the power of data and AI by learning about Python, ChatGPT, SQL, Power BI, and more. Sign up for a free account and start exploring their courses today!
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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 upcoming offerings below or check out the Online University Events Calendar for a full slate of training opportunities.
Upcoming Enterprise-wide Training
Check out the Online University Events Calendar for more training opportunities.
*These courses fill up fast, so register today! If no more seats are available, join the waitlist or register for a later session.
New! Upcoming Performance.gov
Lunch & Learn
Agency Priority Goals 101 Lunch and Learn
Find out how Agency Priority Goals drive the progress of the federal government's efforts for the American people.
Federal employees can register to attend the session via Zoom. It will be held on September 13th from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern.
This 45-minute virtual discussion will feature remarks by Justin Abold-LaBreche, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Performance Management at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Justin is responsible for leading the Department’s strategic planning, enterprise risk management, performance management, and enterprise governance. As part of these responsibilities, he serves as the Department’s Performance Improvement Officer and as VA’s Evaluation Officer. To learn more about Justin, read his full bio.
Live captioning will be available. Please contact pgovsupport@gsa.gov with any technical concerns.
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New! Continuous Leadership Journey: Setting and Managing Time Priorities
This month's CLJ provides resources for learning how to effectively set and manage priorities. Check out the many great courses, videos, and additional resources aligned to this topic in the online CLJ channel: Setting and Managing Time Priorities and take the Time Management and Managing Priorities skills benchmark survey
If you would like to hone your priority management skills, join the upcoming facilitated discussion session on this topic on September 20th at 2 p.m. Eastern.
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Updated! Upcoming Budget Line of Business Training & a Fall Virtual Forum Save the Date
(All times Eastern)
Career Development Convo: USAJobs/Resume Best Practices - Sep. 28 (noon)
Budget Line of Business Fall 2023 Virtual Forum is Around the Corner!
Planning for the fall 2023 virtual forum is underway! This year’s fall forum is scheduled for October 16th to the 19th. The event will be packed with insightful and skilled presenters on budget, technology, and career development.
If you are not already subscribed to the forum newsletter, you can subscribe here.
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Updated! GSA IT Training Classes Help You Perfect Your Google Workspace Skills
Google Docs: Inserts & Text with Style (September 13) - Learn how to create and navigate tables, use paragraph styles to format text, insert images and charts, and more!
Upload Organize & Share in Google Drive (September 14) - Learn how to wow your audience with animations and transitions; insert text, shapes, images, and videos; crop and mask, add WordArt, and more.
Get to Know Google Docs (September 21) - This class will cover how to create and save a document, work more quickly with templates, navigate menus and toolbars, and set margins and more with page setup.
GSA Virtual Meeting Options (September 26) - Learn about the tools available for hosting virtual meetings, their features, and how to select the right tool for your needs.
Work Together in Google Sheets (September 28) - Learn how to share sheets with others, collaborate with others in a sheet, protect cell ranges, use cell and version history to track changes, and more.
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