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January 2012 : Volume 7 : Number 1 Superbowl XLVI Have a Super experience downtown Governor’s As anticipation and excitement fun. Highlights include a four-line letter to state continue to grow, the NFL more ZipLine running tandem down employees details are being announced about Capitol Avenue and two stages of live Governor Mitch Daniels wrote the days leading up to Super Bowl concerts featuring local, regional, a letter announcing the pay Sunday, and with less than 40 days to and national bands. ZipLine tickets for performance pay increases go, now is the time to start planning. are $10 and can be purchased online for 2012. The following pay by visiting: www.Ticketmaster. increases will be paid out in Beginning Jan. 27, 2012, the NFL com/Super-Bowl-Village-tickets- early 2012: a 6% raise for those Experience will take-over the Indiana Indianapolis/venue/42030. employees rated “outstanding”, Convention Center’s 500,000 square- 4% for “exceeds expectations” foot space. The space will and 2% for “meets expectations.” become a pro football Those not meeting expectations interactive theme park will receive no increase. offering participatory games, displays, entertainment “I firmly belive that [Indiana has] attractions, kids’ football the most productive and hard- clinics, free autograph working state workers in the sessions and the largest country,” said Governor Daniels. football memorabilia show ever. You can download a copy of the letter at www.in.gov/gov/ Tickets include all games files/122111letter.pdf. and attractions and are available by calling (866) TIX-4NFL (849-4635), visiting www.Ticketmaster. com or visiting the NFL In this issue: Experience presented by Family Medical Leave .................. 2 GMC box office at the Superbowl parking ...................... 3 Indiana Convention Center This is a conceptual rendering of what the Women’s health & medications .... 6 (Jan. 27-Feb. 4). Tickets are Super Bowl Village along Georgia St. will look $25 for adults and $20 for like. The Torch is published monthly by children 12 and under. the State Personnel Department and is For more information about the available online at www.in.gov/spd There’s also the Super Bowl Village, details leading up to game day, Submit your story ideas in an email which will transform the heart of visit the Host Committee’s website, to: [email protected] downtown into a 10-day, three- www.IndianapolisSuperBowl. block interactive festival of football. com; follow them on Twitter at It is another free, family-friendly @SuperBowl2012; or be a fan event that includes world-class on Facebook by searching for dining options, entertainment and IndySuperBowl2012. FSSA h≈ Family Medical Leave FSSA auditor snags state CPA award What is required to receive FML? Do you need to have a surgery 24/7 operation – barring extenuating Roger Booth, chief scheduled, or are you expecting a circumstances which prevent notice audit executive, Indiana baby? Do you have a chronic health by the employee or employee’s Family and Social condition or have a child or parent spokesperson, within that time frame. Services Administration with a chronic health condition? Do Documentation supporting the need (FSSA), has been named you have a spouse on covered active for unforeseeable leave must be recipient of the 2011 duty or call to covered active duty submitted no later than 15 calendar CPA Advocacy Award. status? If you answered yes to any of days after the beginning of the leave. the questions above, then you should Failure to submit such documentation The announcement came during the be aware of the Family Medical within this time limit for any absences Indiana CPA Society’s (INCPAS) Leave (FML) eligibility and notice not also covered by accrued leave may Celebration event Nov. 18. Each year, requirements, forms to be submitted be designated as unauthorized leave the CPA Advocacy Award recognizes and applicable policies. and subject to disciplinary action. the contributions of an INCPAS member for advocating the Certified Public The Family and Medical Leave For additional information regarding Accountant (CPA) profession through Act protects the jobs and maintains FML, visit the SPD FML webpage, government relations in the legislative insurance coverage of people who www.in.gov/spd/2397.htm, which and regulatory arenas. must take off work by entitling them includes eligibility requirements, to up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for forms to be submitted, policies, Booth, a regular at the Indiana Board of Accountancy meetings, was lauded for specific family, medical or military FAQ’s, etc. Look for upcoming his broad understanding of the regulatory situations. Employees who experience articles in this publication addressing arm of CPAs and for correlating a qualifying event must complete and various aspects of FML. concerns of the INCPAS ethics submit the required forms in a timely committee to the Accountancy Board. manner, even if accrued leave is also If you have additional questions, call “I’ve long advocated that the CPA available in such circumstances. the FML helpline at 317-234-7955, designation is more than just passing a or toll free at State Personnel’s Call test,” explained Booth. “It also signifies Requests for foreseeable absences Center: 1-855-SPD-INHR (1-855-773- the character and ethics of the person.” must be submitted at least 30 days 4647) and choose the FML option. prior to taking the leave, or if this is not At FSSA, Booth oversees a team of possible, on the same or next business 13 auditors, three supervisors and a day of learning of the need for leave. computer information specialist who Documentation supporting the need for have recovered more than $600,000 in foreseeable leave must be submitted misappropriated funds from vendors and prior to the beginning of the leave, providers. Those monies have since been but in no circumstances later than 15 returned to the state. calendar days after notice of the need for leave. The Society has approximately 8,000 members statewide whose occupations If the need for leave is not foreseeable, range from strategic business advisors requests must be submitted in to financial consultants to chief financial accordance with general leave request officers to controllers in business and policies – 15 minutes before the corporations. shift or one hour before shift in a IRS offers information on HSA filings For those who had health savings accounts (HSA) during 2011, you might want to refer to the IRS’ latest publication on the subject. IRS form 8889 outlines the changes for filing your HSA contributions, deductions, etc. • Download IRS form 8889 2 The Torch Super Bowl lays out its game plan for parking The Indianapolis Super Bowl Host provide safe and efficient access to and various Super Bowl events. Committee recognizes that those of us downtown for local workers and who need to get downtown Indianapolis residents, while ensuring the safe and Street restrictions for work and work-related activities orderly flow of traffic and pedestrians Various street segments will be surrounding the Super Bowl could around the city for all visitors. closed to all non-emergency vehicles prove challenging for us. on Capitol Avenue, Illinois Street, The Super Bowl Host Committee is Meridian Street, Pennsylvania Street, Most of us will need to make allow for committed to providing downtown Georgia Street, South Street, Missouri extra travel time and wait time at local employers and workers all information Street, Merrill Street and Russell eateries the week building up to Super necessary to maintain vital business Avenue. The south half of Monument Bowl. operations, while best preparing all Circle will also be restricted on key local residents and visitors to navigate days. Find a complete list here. However, parking should not be a downtown to enjoy Super Bowl XLVI. Delivery times and zones are not major impact during the week of To achieve that goal, a specially- affected or changed except where January 29 as state parking garages designed Web portal called “Know noted in the Super Bowl Village below. will be open for employee use as Deliveries are to be coordinated in normal through February 3. conjunction with the information provided in the transportation plan and During Super Bowl weekend, the associated businesses. Saturday and Sunday, February 4 and 5, the Washington Street and Senate Recommended routes to Avenue parking garages and the navigate downtown Capitol Avenue surface parking lot With the number of changes to the will not be available for state-owned normal street patterns, your usual or state employee personal vehicles direct route into the heart of downtown parking. may not be the best choice during the Super Bowl period. To expedite traffic All state-owned and personal vehicles flow, two special routes have been must be removed from those areas by recommended to help motorists easily the close of business Friday, February 3. move around the edges of downtown to avoid the streets that are closed. The game will be played Sunday, Before You Go” is now live on One route is labeled “Super” and the Feb. 5, but the downtown area will the Indianapolis Super Bowl site other “Bowl.” You can enter or exit host 130+ public and private events at www.IndianapolisSuperBowl. the routes at any point. Both routes beginning Jan. 27. Those events com. It includes the details of this allow motorists to cross over to parking will include private parties, NFL plan, including instructions about destinations on local streets that are not Experience and Super Bowl Village road restrictions, recommended restricted. Signage will be posted along and the big game itself. travel routes, downloadable maps, the routes to help direct motorists. event parking in support of the NFL With the volume of indoor and Experience & Super Bowl Village, and The orange-highlighted “Super Route” outdoor activities, thousands of Park & Ride options.