Systems Availability for Saturday, May 18, 2013

SAAS and SPAHRS will be available Saturday, May 18th, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

SPAHRS Earnings Codes Details Download 5/03/2013

Effective Friday, May 10, 2013, the record length of the SPAHRS Earnings Codes Details Download (PA/GS/BS option #17) will be increased to 50 bytes.  The PAY-PERIOD-HOURS field will change from N3.3 to N9.2.  Agency technical staff will need to make adjustments to their job that downloads data set PH.PROD.PH.FIL069DL.AGCY####.
If you have any questions, you may contact the MMRS Call Center at 601-359-1343 or MASH@dfa.ms.gov.  

Asset Management System Login
The InCircuit URL (web address) previously used to log in to the Asset Management System (Protege) has been deactivated. The correct URL to use is: http://www.assetworks.com/login.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact MMRS Call Center at 601-359-1343, or send an e-mail via MASH@dfa.ms.gov.

 DATE CHANGE -- SPAHRS State Tax EFT Payments

Beginning June 1, 2013, SPAHRS State Tax payments will be made electronically (EFT) for all payrolls.  Agencies’ reports for these EFT payments will be in FMVIEW.  You will be able to access State Tax Payments in FMVIEW by entering report R130VX9-AGY# for regular payroll and R133VX9-AGY# for travel payroll.  The EFT information will also be included on the agency EFT register in FMVIEW. 

Please direct any questions to the MMRS Call Center at 601-359-1343 or MASH@dfa.ms.gov.  

SSN Security Protection

To avoid identity theft and due to requirements of State law to protect Social Security Numbers (SSNs), effective immediately SPAHRS payroll runs will no longer populate the SSN automatically from the SSN field on the vendor warrant stub or attachments.  It is strongly recommended that agencies NOT enter SSNs into the Account Number, Reference Number, and Group Number fields; instead, only non-SSN identifiers, e.g., account numbers, should be used to assist vendors in processing employee contributions. 

Agencies should make every effort to immediately remove SSNs from those fields listed above. Agencies will assume responsibility for all risks associated with this delivery method if they continue to send employee SSNs to SPAHRS vendors via paper warrants and attachments.  MMRS will immediately begin working with agencies to determine a secure delivery method to vendors where SSNs are required for posting contributions.    

Should you have questions, please refer them to the MMRS Call Center at 601-359-1343 or mash@dfa.ms.gov.  

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