Oracle Spring ’12 Federal Development Update
I didn’t attend, but there was an Oracle Federal Financial Briefing on 17-Apr in Reston where information was shared about some of the upcoming GTAS enhancements and target patch release dates. Personally, besides focusing on our Fed R12.1.3 stabilization efforts on my current gig, I’m working to get smart on some of the basics associated [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oct’11 Federal Financials Update
I was able to get a copy of the E-Business Suite Federal Financials Update slides presented at this year’s Oracle Federal Forum on October 18th. Most of the content revolves around the upcoming Federal interface changes and transition to the Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS) to replace FACTS I & II. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dept. of Labor closing in on planned R12 go-live
First of all, sorry for the void of posts for the last few months, unfortunately I’ve just been severely swamped with project-work as we try to close in our USAF DEAMS go-live later this year. But I happened to notice an article where it looks like Dept. of Labor is targeting an Oct. 1st go-live [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Collaborate ’09 Recap – A Federal Spin
Now that I’m back in Denver, here’s a recap from the Collaborate ’09 conference in Orlando that I thought would be helpful to share. I definitely enjoyed seeing friends, meeting new ones and taking in as much information as I could during the conference. Being responsible for three different presentations was a bit more than [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oracle/CACI Contract Lifecycle Event – Feb3
Well, its been almost a month since my last post, but I’ve now got the Christmas tree and all the rest of holiday decorations packed back away. So hopefully I can do a bit better job of putting content out here. Wanted to mention that Oracle and CACI are hosting an event on Feb 3 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )December Federal CAB Info
The most recent Oracle Federal Customer Advisory Board (CAB) meeting was held on 3-December. A few interesting points of info include: -Both Oracle and FSIO are pointing to January 2009 as finalizing the R12 FSIO certification -In the Oracle Development update, Oracle pointed identified R12.1 as targeted for release in calendar year 2009 (12.1 is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )FSIO requests a 2nd R12 presentation/demo from Oracle prior to Certification
On the monthly Oracle Federal Financials Special Interest Group (FEDSIG) call this week (held on November 18), Oracle identified that FSIO has requested a 2nd followup presentation/demo from Oracle prior to certifying R12. Oracle provided an initial R12 demo/presentation in September to FSIO in hopes of attaining a thumbs-up on gaining the R12 certification, so [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SBA Awards Work to Support OFF Environment and Pilot Oracle Loans
This news is a little old (its been a rough past 2 months with year-ends, ongoing implementation work & some part-time work on another new effort), but I thought I’d post it anyway. Small Business Administration looks to be moving their Oracle Fed Financials environment under a new contract to SRA International for support and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Federal Desktop Core Configuration, huh??
I wasn’t aware of this until I saw it today on Steven Chan’s blog, but he mentions that “11i is certified with the US Federal Desktop Core Configuration for Windows XP and Vista desktop clients”. Here’s the link to his post, which gives background on the requirement from OMB and also includes a link to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3 New Agencies Go-Live Oct. ’08 on Oracle Fed Financials
I know of at least 3 new agencies going live on Oracle Federal Financials 11i10, effective this October. Welcome to the expanding community and good luck with your transition. The agencies going live that I know of are: DoD Business Transformation Agency (BTA) (as the first agency being rolled out under the Defense Agencies Initiative [...]
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