We are beginning a rolling launch of the Fermilab eMarketplace by lab organization. Our goal is to have all organizations using the eMarketplace by early fall.
Cindy Conger
Fermilab will soon launch the laboratory’s eMarketplace, a web-based shopping network where authorized employees can order off-the-shelf, commonly used items for the lab.
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, chief financial officer and head of the Finance Section, wrote this column. Since the U.S. budget and debt ceiling will be back in the news early next year, I’m taking this column to briefly explain how the Fermilab budget interfaces with the U.S. budget. On Oct. 1, the U. S. government partially shut down because Congress had not passed appropriations legislation for FY2014, which gives government agencies the authority to obligate federal funds. Some parts of…
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, Chief Financial Officer and head of the Finance Section, wrote this column. In about a month we will say goodbye to fiscal year 2013 and say hello to fiscal year 2014. Based on information received from the Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics, Fermilab’s HEP funding in FY14 is currently planned to be approximately the same as in FY13. Our lab is also slated to receive a one-time allocation of $35 million to update…
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, head of the Finance Section, wrote this column. The Finance Section recently unveiled a new website. With the help of the Core Computing Division and Jean Reising of the Business Services Section, the re-designed SharePoint-based site will make it easy to find the finance-related information you’re looking for. If you visit the previous Finance Section website, you should be redirected to the new site automatically. The new Doing Business with Fermilab Finance area of the site…
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, Chief Financial Officer and head of the Finance Section, wrote this column. In October, a team of auditors from KPMG made themselves comfortable on the 4th floor of Wilson Hall. The independent public accounting firm was beginning an audit of Fermi Research Alliance LLC’s financial statements, which include Fermilab’s activity under FRA’s contract with DOE. Over several months the team reviewed financial transactions and procedures in areas such as property, plant and equipment, accounts receivable, payroll,…
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, chief financial officer and head of the Finance Section, wrote this column. The Finance and Business Services Sections have successfully launched the Fermilab Travel Card Program, and many employees across the laboratory have already begun using the new card for official Fermilab-related business travel. All Fermilab employees who expect to go on approved business travel now have the opportunity to enroll in the program and to receive a Visa travel card issued by U.S. Bank, which…
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, chief financial officer and head of the Finance Section, wrote this week’s column. In our ongoing effort to improve service, the Business Services and Finance Sections will soon be introducing a new way to pay for your travel expenses. Come April 1, Fermilab employees will have the opportunity to use a Travel Card to pay for travel expenses. Each employee who travels on official lab business will be eligible to receive a Travel Card, pending approval….
Cindy Conger Cindy Conger, head of the Finance Section, wrote this week’s column. The Fermilab Time and Labor system has been in place for all employees since last June, and many employees have been using electronic time reporting since November of 2007. Most of us have become accustomed to filling out our timecard and approving it by the deadline of 10 a.m. every Monday morning so that our supervisor can approve it by the noon deadline that day. The number…