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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.
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During the Health Care Authority's (HCA) Public Employees Benefits Board's (PEBB) annual healthcare open enrollment, you can enroll in or make changes to your PEBB benefits, including:
A virtual benefits fair is a way to learn about your benefit options through an online experience — and it's available anytime, day or night. No in-person benefits fairs will take place this year.
Through the PEBB website, you will find links to videos, webinars, downloadable content, provider searches, and other information to help you choose the right benefits for you. Use your computer, tablet or smartphone to explore at your own pace.
You can use the PEBB My Account tool to make nearly all changes to your benefits this year. Just create an account and log in at your convenience.
The following changes may not be made online using your PEBB My Account:
To make these changes, fill out the 2024 enrollment form. Then send all forms to DES Payroll at despayroll@des.wa.gov.
If you don't plan to make changes this year, no action is required. Your current coverage will continue on after Jan. 1, 2024.
Watch for more information on PEBB open enrollment in next week's DES News and throughout November.
View the 2024 PEBB employee monthly premiums.
If you have questions about your benefits, go to a virtual benefits fair or webinar.
If you have questions about enrollment, email DESpayroll@des.wa.gov.
Severe weather and natural disasters cause physical damage and often create health risks. Loss of power and water can make it difficult to store food or cook safely, find clean water and safely heat homes. Now is a good time to get ready for whatever might happen.
Check out the Department of Health's webpage on how to prepare for different types of severe weather and natural disasters such as:
Department of Enterprise Services (DES) has designed a snow and ice removal plan designed to maintain operational capabilities and provide safety for public and state employees during winter weather conditions. The purpose for the snow and ice removal plan is to:
Want to know what building projects are coming up? What to know when construction might affect you?
Visit DES' Capitol Campus Projects webpage for a list and information on upcoming projects.
This workshop will cover:
State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM) Travel Policy
Meals with Meetings & Light Refreshments
Travel Expense Management System (TEMS) how-to:
Please submit your agency Combined Fund Drive (CFD) deposit on a separate A45 from your normal deposits and indicate "Combined Fund Drive." Please include a 2023 Fundraiser Transfer Form with your deposit. CFD deposits will be posted to your agency (fund 525) and transferred by DES/SAFS to the Secretary of State’s Office (SOS) on or before the December 8, 2023 deadline. Your Fundraiser Transfer Form MUST match the total amount transferred to SOS.
For more information about what to do after your event, please visit the CFD website at give.wa.gov/cfd/fundraising-resources.
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 | News/Message |
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Accounts Payable |
Ian Shelley |
We are excited to share that Kaler Zoucha has joined SAFS AP as of 10/2/23. Please welcome Kaler! |
Budget |
Diann Lewallen |
|
Payroll |
Carrie Knudson |
Louisa Wilkes, Payroll Manager, left DES. Her last day in the office was October 13th. She has led the team through unprecedented times and has handled each obstacle with professionalism, grace, and enthusiasm. While we will miss her dearly, we are very excited for her to take on a new career opportunity with OFM as an HRMS functional analyst. Please send all communications to DESpayroll@des.wa.gov while we recruit for her replacement. |
Accounts Receivable |
Betti Bartoldo |
|
Administrative Assistance |
Danelle Guerin |
|
Invoices Received from Agency | 1,543 | 71.44% | $7,860,330 |
Invoices Paid on Delegated Authority | 492 | 22.77% | $1,161,316 |
Travel Requests Paid through TEMS | 120 | 5.56% | $37,449 |
Payments Reissued (SOL, Lost Warrant) | 5 | .23% | $1,761 |
Total Payments Processed | 2,160 | 100% | $9,060,856 |
Total Employees Paid | 1,571 |
Appointment Changes | 25 |
New Hires / Rehires | 33 |
Transfer In / Transfer Outs | 8 |
Separations | 17 |
Supplemental Payments / Walk Throughs | 0 |
Overpayments | 3 |
Stay tuned for an upcoming SAAM travel rules refresher offered by the SAFS AP team later this fall.
As always, if you have any questions regarding travel: call SAFS AP at 360-407-8183 or email travel.safs@des.wa.gov.
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.