> Effort Certification must be completed for those of you who > receive pay from a WBS Element (R account). Previously, > through December 31, 2001 this certification was completed on > a paper form. Beginning with January 2002, > the certification must be done by an electronic form that is > an IRIS record > of that certification. However, this has only become > available for use in the IRIS system. Most people will be > able to certify their effort by a web site. Some people > however will need this certification entry done > by the departmental specialist (bookkeeper) in their department. > > So that you may complete this process, we are offering a > training session for Effort Certification on the Web > and Effort Certification Entry thru IRIS. Should you fail to > complete this certification, your restricted accounts will > not correctly record the salary and benefits. The salary will > automatically default to the current distribution from the > payroll records. In the past, the paper forms did not > directly effect the true costing. However, in IRIS this is > not the case. It is most important that this certification of > time be completed before year end to properly record cost > associated with payroll. > > We strongly urge that Department Specialist (bookkeeper) to > attend this training. > > The time and location for this training will be: > > 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 20th in Room 110 > in Fletcher Hall. > > Another training session is scheduled for that afternoon in > the same room > from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. > > Please call me at 754-4467 should you have any questions. > Again, It is important that you and the departmental > specialist attend one of these sessions. > > > >