Executive Order #14368 was issued on December 18, 2025, raising the Executive Level II salary amount to $228,000 for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Please follow the instructions for updating Mandatory Cost Sharing for all DHHS sponsored projects on January - April 2026 SPARs.
February 6th marks the opening of the September - December 2025 certification period. Please refer to our website for important dates related to the certification period and to find helpful resources for effort coordinators and PIs.
Federal PIs who have certification responsibilities but have a Student, Volunteer or Terminated status will require a Proxy and/or Designee assignment. While our office sends notices of these requirements to each department at the beginning of the certification period, it is the responsibility of the department administrator and PI to ensure all Proxy/Designee requirements are identified and requests are submitted to our office. Please submit these requests timely to allow the Proxy/Designee ample time to login to ECC and complete certification. If a Proxy/Designee has issues logging into ECC or completing certification, they should contact SPARhelp@cfo.pitt.edu immediately so the issue can be addressed.
The FY 2026 Maintenance Increases for both salaried and hourly Union Staff was distributed in January 2026 including retroactive amounts from August 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025. The retro pay was processed following the same structure and elements used historically for the annual maintenance increases processed in September of each year retroactive to July of the same year. Standard processes can be used to move effort/dollars off of awards that received an unreasonable distribution due to significant SPAR changes occurring between Aug25-Dec25 and the Jan26 period.