A refined breakdown of object of expenditures relating to particular items or item categories.

A party to a subcontract who does trade work for a contractor (the other party), which work included under the prime contract between the same contractor and an owner; one who is defined as a subcontractor by the prime contract.

Statements of the methods for achieving goals and objectives. Strategies guide the near-term work and activities that an agency undertakes to achieve specific goals and objectives.

A long-term comprehensive plan that represents an integrated set of decisions and actions designed to ensure that the intended goals and objectives of an agency are met. The plan should answer: Where are we today? Where do we want to be? How do we intend to close the gap between where we are and where we want to be?

A data store with both general government and higher education HR & payroll data. Used to augment data for the Compensation Impact Model, provide data for mandatory federal reporting (new hires, Affordable Care Act, and unemployment eligible/ineligible earnings, as well as business intelligence/data analytics for higher education and general government data.

Stakeholder engagement is the systematic identification, analysis, planning and implementation of actions designed to influence individuals who may be affected by decisions or who can influence the implementation of decisions.

A contractor providing goods or services of such a unique nature or sole availability at the location required that the contractor is clearly and justifiably the only practicable source (best source) to provide the goods or services. Refers to a procurement situation where the goods or services are of such a unique nature or sole availability at the location required that one vendor is clearly and justifiably the only practicable source to provide the goods or services.

Software as a service, or SaaS, is a business model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers via the Internet. An ERP is a type of SaaS.

Shadow system is a term used in information services for any application relied upon for business processes that is not under the jurisdiction of a centralized information systems department and duplicates or replicates the activities of the centralized system. In this case, a shadow system is a system that exists outside the main accounting system.

In a single-tenancy architecture, the tenant purchases their own copy of the software, and the software can be customized to meet the specific and needs of that customer.