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Requirements have been updated to provide guidance on how employee vs independent contractor work at Ohio State should be classified.

Fastenal is the contracted supplier for building maintenance supplies and janitorial products. University purchases for these items must go through Buckeye Buy. And if you’re a frequent user of the Fastenal catalog in the supplier website section of Buckeye Buy, you may be able to save time with order templates.

Effective January 28, the International Acknowledgement of Understanding Questionnaire will include additional acknowledgement content, such as Travel Documentation Requirements, Accident and Sickness Insurance (War Exclusion Disclaimer), International Ground Transportation and Fly America Act Requirements. The International Acknowledgement of Understanding Questionnaire was originally established with the release of university wide Travel Guidelines to acknowledge health and safety risks with international travel.

A new spend category has been created for Catering Equipment Rental (SC11037). Please use this spend category for the service of renting out specialized equipment and tools used for catering events, parties, and gatherings, such as: Tableware (e.g., plates, glasses, cutlery, napkins), Beverageware (e.g., cups, mugs, wine glasses), Event furniture (e.g., tables, chairs, linen), Party tents, Serving equipment (e.g., chafing dishes, food warmers, platters, serving trays), and Bar equipment (e.g., cocktail shakers, ice buckets, bar counters).

Effective January 15, the sheet and report user interface within Adaptive Planning will be updated. The blue banner will be removed on all report and sheet pages and all search fields and data tables will have rounded corners. Additionally, the Add New button will move to a new location below the top menu bar on the report overview and sheet overview pages. The functionality on these pages will remain the same. See the image below to preview the new look.

A new report group, Financial Transactions Awaiting Action, has been released. This report includes three different reports that provide a list and the status of journal, accounting adjustment, and asset transactions that are awaiting an approval or to-do step. To run this report group, users can go to the "Schedule a Report" task and search for "Financial Transactions Awaiting Action." Once the prompts are entered and the report group runs, all reports will be available in one Excel spreadsheet. 

In preparation for the combined federal and state filing changes, the Payee Setup Form along with the Miscellaneous Payee and Miscellaneous Payment Request tasks will be updated to include additional address prompts for 1099 income reporting when the state in which work is performed differs from the state associated with the payee’s primary address. The changes listed below will occur on January 17.

Please do not begin entering FY26 blanket purchase orders until April 14, 2025. More information and detailed instructions on creating FY26 blanket purchase orders is forthcoming.

Update: See the Future Dated Requisitions to be Used for FY26 Blanket Order Entry post.

The field "Reference ID" has been added to the output of the "Find Miscellaneous Payment Request Summary - OSU" report. This change aids those needing the field to perform mass actions on miscellaneous payment requests.