Effort Certification and Corrections
One of the biggest wins of the KFS Effort Certification module is that certifiers can change incorrect effort percentages on the report. That will spawn an automatic salary adjustment, ensuring that any adjustments are incorporated into the official records of the institution (per OMB Circular A-21). In our current process, if the effort is incorrect, [...]
Effort Certification and Routing
As I mentioned in my last post, effort certifications will be routed to the project director associated with each account on the award. Where a particular award has several accounts, it can be routed to the project director associated with each account, not the overall project director (principal investigator). In addition, effort reports will also [...]
Better Compliance for Effort Certification
Effort certification is one of the highest compliance risks for the university; both internal and external auditors audit it routinely. The KFS Effort module will provide tools to assist with this type of compliance. One of the most important is that the report will display 100 percent of an individual’s effort. In our current environment, [...]
Color me green with Effort Certification
As part of an overall focus on sustainability, everyone at Cornell has been asked to look for ways to reduce (as part of the big three: reduce, reuse, and recycle). In an effort to use less paper, University Communications has suggested that, whenever possible, printed pieces should be replaced with digital options. As you’ve read [...]
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