Electronic Certification of Effort and Reporting Tool (ECERT) Overview
Last updated
October 27, 2009 11:20:37 AM PDT
Learn about the implementation of the Electronic Certification of Effort and Reporting Tool (ECERT) for effort reporting of federally-sponsored projects.
New effort reporting tool
UCSD is currently implementing a new tool to support effort reporting. The Electronic Certification of Effort and Reporting Tool (ECERT) will replace the Personnel Activity Reporting (PAR) system.
Benefits of the Web-based ECERT system
- Accessible online 24/7
- Certifications are easy to track
- System interacts with PPS so you can drilldown to detailed payroll calculations
- Maintains historical information
- System becomes "office of record"
- Improved accuracy and compliance
- Effort report status changes if necessary when a PET is processed
Getting ready for ECERT
An implementation team with representatives from 7 departments tested ECERT and began using the system in June 2007. The rest of campus will start using ECERT in phases, and everyone will transition to the new system by March 2008. To get ready for the new system, your department can:
- Review ECERT: Best Practices.
- Invite the ECERT team to your department to discuss a customized training plan and implementation strategy.
- Make sure payroll distributions are set up correctly for all research faculty and staff.
- Make sure principal investigator and fund manager names on sponsored projects are correct so that effort reports are distributed correctly. You can use Chart of Accounts Overrides in FinancialLink to correct these.
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