RIDOH agrees with the finding and recommendation. RIDOH has established a dedicated SharePoint site (via Microsoft Teams) for centralized storage of timesheets, although due to staffing and training scheduling challenges, the central repository for all signed time sheets is not yet being used by all...
RIDOH agrees with the finding and recommendation. RIDOH has established a dedicated SharePoint site (via Microsoft Teams) for centralized storage of timesheets, although due to staffing and training scheduling challenges, the central repository for all signed time sheets is not yet being used by all RIDOH Divisions and Centers to store signed weekly time sheets. This contributed to the difficulty in locating SFY2022 time sheets signed by both the staff member and supervisor instead of only by the staff member. There has been considerable turnover of Master Time Sheet (MTS) Coordinators, the staff members responsible for receiving signed weekly time sheets, transferring information to the HR/payroll generated MTS, submitting the approved MTS to HR/Payroll, and saving/storing the signed time sheets electronically. Additional training will be provided to the MTS Coordinators during SFY23 Qtr4 to assure that all time sheets will be organized and accessible in the central repository. The MTS Coordinators will be required to save all SFY2023 weekly time sheets to the SharePoint site. The list of Programs/Activities and associated account numbers in the RIDOH Time Sheet Workbooks is updated quarterly, and training has been provided to assure staff are recording their hours on the appropriate activities and accounts. As of SFY2023 Quarter 4, RIDOH staff may no longer select ?ICS ? C (COVID-19)? in their Time Sheet Workbooks as a Program/Activity and must select a more descriptive COVID Program/Activity that reflects the COVID Workstream they are supporting and includes the appropriate/allowable account numbers for that Workstream. Finance staff will review time sheet workbooks for SFY2023 Quarters 1 through 3, to identify any staff that used ?ICS ? C (COVID-19)? instead of a specific COVID Workstream on their time sheets and will work with those staff to submit appropriately signed revised time sheets reflecting the COVID Workstream supported. Anticipated Completion Date: September 30, 2023 Contact Persons: Alisha Collela, Chief Financial Officer Department of Health alisha.collela@health.ri.gov Carla Lundquist, Deputy CFO/Federal Grants Manager Department of Health carla.lundquist@health.ri.gov