Kara Stewart

401 posts

Update: Avature Portal Issue  – Manager User Role Access

To:    Management Council, Chief Human Resource Officers, and Hire to Retire Contacts From:   Shared Services Center (SSC) Area:    HR Operations Reason:  Update: Avature Portal Issue  – Manager User Role Access Date:    March 6, 2025   We appreciate your patience as work is being done to resolve the […]

 eVA Upgrade Status Update

To:                  Management Council Members, VPs of Finance, and all eVA End Users From:             Shared Services Center (SSC) Area:              Procurement Reason:         eVA Upgrade Status Update Date:              March 5, 2025 Good morning, As a follow up to our communication yesterday regarding the recent eVA upgrade: eVA end users have been experiencing issues: […]

Important Update: Changes to Lincoln Electric Products & Authorized Distributors

To:    Management Council Members, VPs of Finance, and all eVA End Users   From:    Shared Services Center (SSC) Area:  Procurement Reason: Important Update: Changes to Lincoln Electric Products & Authorized Distributor Date:   March 4, 2025 Dear Colleges, Please be advised of an important update regarding our procurement process for Lincoln Electric […]

eVA Upgrade Status

To:     Management Council Members, VPs of Finance, and all eVA End Users  From:      Shared Services Center (SSC) Area:    Procurement Reason:   eVA Upgrade Status Date:  March 3, 2025 Dear Colleges, As you know, Department of General Services (DGS) completed an upgrade to eVA this past weekend. While they were able […]

Reminder: Procurement Fiscal Year End Processing 2025

To:    Management Council Members; VPs of Finance; and all eVA End Users From:   Shared Services Center (SSC) Area:     Procurement Date:  February 28, 2025 Reason:   Reminder: Procurement Fiscal Year End Processing 2025 Dear Colleges: This is a reminder that fiscal year-end 2025 is around the corner. The first critical date that […]

Contract Updates for Catering and Interpreting Services

To:   Management Council Members, VPs of Finance, and all eVA End Users   From:  Shared Services Center Area:     Procurement Reason:    Contract Updates for Catering and Interpreting Services Date:      February 26, 2025 Dear Colleges, The SSC Procurement team is excited to announce 16 new VCCS Catering Contracts and 18 new VCCS Interpreting Contracts that […]

eVA Upgrade Scheduled

To:                  Management Council Members, VPs of Finance, and all eVA End Users   From:             Shared Services Center Area:              Procurement Reason:         eVA Upgrade Scheduled Date:              February 25, 2025 Dear Colleges, The Virginia Department of General Services (DGS) sent out a communication this morning, which you may have received, regarding their anticipated eVA […]

Urgent: Avature Portal Issue – Manager User Role Access

To:                   Management Council, Chief Human Resource Officers, and Hire to Retire Contacts From:              Shared Services Center Area:               HR Operations: Hire to Retire Reason:         Urgent: Avature Portal Issue – Manager User Role Access Date:              February 24, 2025 An issue currently affecting the […]