DES wants to hear from you!
We are improving our website and want to know how it can better serve you. Take this survey to make des.wa.gov more useful.
We are improving our website and want to know how it can better serve you. Take this survey to make des.wa.gov more useful.
Important Dates | Important Messages | Small Agency Financial Services News | Travel Tips | Contact Us |
Please send your feedback about the Department of Enterprise Services' (DES) Small Agency Financial Services (SAFS). Your feedback helps us improve and better meet your needs. Finance welcomes your feedback at any time.
CI has identified the following cutoff dates for FY25 furniture orders requiring delivery by June 30, 2025:
* Applies to in-stock items only. Orders must be placed via CI’s website.
With the upcoming transition to Workday, DES will be working diligently to support our small agencies with shifting to the US Bank online portal to reconcile transactions. This change is intended to increase processing efficiency and improve transparency over purchasing and signature authority. This will be a slow-rolling process improvement initiated by our SAFS AP team in multiple phases across all our small agencies. We will be contacting agencies individually throughout the phases.
Please stay tuned for further agency-specific communication from our team in the forthcoming months this Spring. In the meantime, if you have any general questions or concerns, email us at APQuestions.safs@des.wa.gov.
For more information about safe handling cash and check receipts, please contact us at 360-407-2238 or desaccountsreceivable@des.wa.gov.
Did you know? Your DES financial support team consists of ALL of our SAFS team members. Even though you may work with specific SAFS members regularly, other SAFS members often step in to assist and provide continuity of services. We would like you to know about our whole SAFS team. Below is a list of each work group within SAFS, the members you may hear from, and recent news or a message from each team.
Team Members:
Team Message: If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Team Members:
Team Message: Inspiration starts with one person and spreads to the whole team.
Team Members:
Team Message: The best you can do to predict the future is to create it together.
Team Members:
Team Message: Together, ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results.
Team Members:
Team Message: Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful.
Invoices received from agency | 2,154 | 76.60% | $17,063,180 |
Invoices paid on delegated authority | 566 | 20.13% | $1,714,722 |
Travel requests paid through TEMS | 88 | 3.13% | $34,103 |
Payments reissued (SOL, Lost Warrant) | 4 | 0.14% | $3,769 |
Total payments processed | 2,812 | 100% | $18,815,774 |
Turnaround days | 3.76 |
Total employees paid | 1,392 per pay period |
New hires/rehires | 28 per pay period |
Separations | 16 per pay period |
Transfers | 9 per pay period |
Supplemental payments/walk throughs | 0 per pay period |
Overpayments | 7 per pay period |
If the 11-hour rule for meals applies to a traveler submitting for reimbursement, the per diem requested will also be taxable and will be included on the employee's W-2. When utilizing the Travel and Expense Management Systems (TEMS), the meals must be marked as taxable when applicable.
For more information on the 11 hour rule, please refer to SAAM Chapter 10.40.50.
As always, if you have any questions regarding travel: call SAFS AP at 360-407-8183 or email travel.safs@des.wa.gov.
A Good To Go! account is the cheapest and easiest way to pay tolls in Washington. With an account, your tolls will be paid automatically without having to stop at a toll booth or worry about bills in the mail. Check out helpful hints on setting up and using a Good To Go! account.
If you would like to know what budget analyst, payroll analyst and HR business partner is assigned to your agency, see our Agency Assignments webpage.
If you would like to get contact information for DES SAFS and HR staff, see our Contacts webpage.
If you have suggestions or feedback about the Small Agency Services Bulletin, please send your comments to SmallAgencyBulletin@des.wa.gov.