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Technical Bulletins

The General Accounting Office (GAO) will periodically issue Technical Bulletins (TB's) to all State Agencies. These Technical Bulletins will be the mechanism used by the GAO to document official Statewide policies and procedures. The Technical Bulletins will be codified into the appropriate manual or handbook format when applicable. In general, the following rules and regulations take precedence: (refer to Technical Bulletin 95-1):

State constitution, statutes, laws and administrative code;
Federal constitution, laws, rules and regulations;
The most recent technical bulletin released.

In all cases of a conflict between a Technical Bulletin and other laws, rules and regulations, contact the GAO liaison assigned to the Agency. For a listing of the GAO liaisons, click here.

The GAO uses a year and a sequential number convention to identify each bulletin. Example: 10-03 is the third bulletin issued in 2010.

Technical Bulletins (click column name to sort)

TB#	Title	Category	Effective Date
13-02	Administrative Adjustments and Capital Projects	Accounting	05/08/2013
13-01	Rental Vehicles – Reimbursable Expenses and Other Considerations	Travel	01/24/2013
12-07	Continuity of Operations: Employee and Vendor Payments	General	10/02/2012
12-06	Payment Processing: ProcureAZ vs. AFIS	Procurement	08/10/2012
12-05	Bottled Water	General	07/25/2012
12-04	Security Procedures for Accounts Payable Roles in ProcureAZ	Procurement	07/01/2012
12-03	ASRS Alternate Contributions - Reemployed and Contracted Retirees	Retirement	07/01/2012
12-03S	ASRS Alternate Contributions - Reemployed and Contracted Retirees	Retirement	07/01/2012
12-02	Personnel, Payroll and Recording of Time Worked by Employees	Payroll	02/21/2012
12-01	Donations of Annual Leave between Related Employees Working in Different Agencies	Payroll	01/20/2012
11-09	ARRA Accounting and Reporting	ARRA	12/23/2011
11-08	Untimely Filed Employee Travel Claims	Travel	12/01/2011
11-07	Wireless Devices Used to Conduct State Business	General	10/31/2011
11-06	Electronic Deposit of Employee Payments	Payroll	07/20/2011
11-05	Pre-Approval of Out-of-State Travel	Travel	05/09/2011
11-05S	Supplementary Information for TB 11-05	Travel	05/09/2011
11-04	The State’s Tax Exempt Status and the Receipt of Charitable Contributions	General	04/07/2011
11-01	Statewide Travel Card Program Policies and Procedures	Travel	02/22/2011
10-12	Employee Reimbursements	Payroll	01/01/2011
10-11	FFATA Reporting by Agencies	FFATA	10/01/2010
10-10	FFATA Data Elements and Reporting Considerations	FFATA	10/01/2010
10-09	P-Card and Travel Card Incentives: Collection, Distribution and Accounting	Travel/P-Card	07/01/2010
10-08	Statewide Formatting Guidelines for SEFA Reporting	SEFA	10/27/2010
10-06	National Disaster Medical System Differential Pay	Payroll	07/29/2010
10-04	Cash Transfers from Restricted Funds	Accounting	07/01/2009
10-03	Transparency Website Data Confidentiality	Transparency	04/13/2010
09-07	Advances to Non-public Entities	General	06/12/2009
09-06	Related Party Transactions	General	06/12/2009
09-05	Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse	General	06/12/2009
08-04	Extra Baggage Charge	Travel	03/12/2008
08-01	State Purchasing Card (P-Card) Policies and Procedures	P-card	02/22/2008
07-02	Travel Advance Processing	Travel	01/01/2008
07-01	Employee Uniforms Policy and Procedure Guidelines	General	01/01/2007
06-04	Accepting Credit Cards as Payments for Amounts Owed to the State	General	07/12/2006
06-04S	Supplementary Information for TB 06-4	General	07/12/2006
06-02	Social Security Number Verification for State Employees	Payroll	06/16/2006
06-01	Accounting for Cost and Revenue Recoveries	Accounting	06/07/2006
05-14	Employment Eligibility Verification Social Security Number Discrepancies	Payroll	10/20/2005
05-14S	Supplemental - Federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form, Form I-9	Payroll	10/20/2005
05-09	Military Emergency Activation Differential Pay	Payroll	08/12/2005
05-04	Prioritization of Requests for Manual Payroll Warrants	Payroll	10/20/2005
05-04S	Supplement Technical Bulletin 05-4 - Additional Requirements	Payroll	10/20/2005
05-01	Social Security Administration Verification Inquiries	Payroll	01/07/2005
04-02	HRIS Valid Accounts for Direct Deposits	Payroll	05/25/2004
02-02	Assistance for Professional Accounting Certifications	General	07/15/2002
01-04	Preparation and Correction of Transaction Documents	Accounting	12/03/2001
01-03	Electronic Distribution of Notifications, Accounting Forms & Policy Documents	General	11/01/2001
00-08	Reimbursement of Appropriated Funds (Includes Case Study and How To Instructions)	General	09/29/2000
00-03	Code of Conduct for SOA Employees Engaged in Accounting, Financial and Budgeting Activities	General	04/03/2000
00-01	Guidelines for Employee Recognition Programs Funded by Donations or Fund Raising	General	08/06/1999
99-06	Employee vs. Independent Contractor	General	10/20/1999
98-01	Claims and Transfers Certification (Supersedes Section II-H-1	Accounting	06/22/1998
95-06	Transfers	Accounting	12/19/1995
95-03	Revisions to Circular A-87	Accounting	09/01/1995
95-01	Technical Bulletins	General	07/12/1995

Obsolete or Superseded Technical Bulletins
All links to these Technical Bulletins have been removed from the website to prevent access to outdated information. This listing is being provided for information purposes only.