The SCSEP Data Validation Handbook is available on BCT Partners’ SCSEP Web site at http://www.scsep-help.com/Documentation/DataValidation.aspx. This revision of the DV Handbook mainly provides clarifications to some of the source documentation requirements. Details about the changes can be found on page 37. As always, you have six months from the date on which the sample was made available to complete the validation process, so this year’s deadline is July 26, 2013.

DOL ETA’s Technical Operations department's routine monthly maintenance is scheduled for the first Thursday of each month. The next scheduled outage will be from 8 PM EDT on Thursday, June 6, through 6 AM EDT on Friday, June 7. If SPARQ is up during that time, it will be unstable and should not be used.

The dates of scheduled shutdowns for the remainder of 2013 are:
July 11 - 12
August 1 - 2
September - No scheduled maintenance
October 3 - 4
November 7 - 8
December 5 - 6

The following rejects have been turned into warnings until the next release:

• P13a.1-1, "Did applicant engage in volunteer work prior to participation?" is blank.
• A16d.1-1, "Does participant engage in volunteer work (in addition to the community service assignment) during enrollment?" is blank.

After the Q3 close, these edits will be turned back into rejects, and revised so that they do not trigger on the records of participants who transfer out of a grant.

A change was made to the CSA Hours and Waiver Factor Administrative Functions in the WDCS. To improve efficiency, these pages were altered so that a maximum of 50 records appear on a given page. For both functions, there is a filter for last name; for the CSA Hours function there is also be a filter for host agency.
• When the filter for last name is used, the utility will return all records that begin with the letters entered. For example, entering “john” will return any record where last name is “John” or “Johns” or “Johnson.” The filter is not case sensitive.
• The filter for host agency is a dropdown offering the host agency name of every record that appears in the utility.
• When the selections result in a return of more than 50 records, only 50 records will appear on each page. A link for “[Next 50]” will appear at the top of all but the last page, and a link for “[Previous 50]” will appear on all but the first page.

Simultaneous logins are no longer possible. This change was made to enforce the policies that (1) users may not share accounts and (2) users must log out of SPARQ before closing their browser. Users must log out of SPARQ before closing the browser or navigating away from SPARQ or risk being blocked from logging back into SPARQ.

If a user closes the browser without first logging out
The session will remain active and additional logins with account will be blocked. The user will not be able to log in again for at least thirty (30) minutes.

If a user navigates away from SPARQ but does not close the browser
The user can type www.sparq.doleta.gov into the address window, or click on a bookmark for that URL, and the page will return to the active session. Please note that if the user types www.sparq.doleta.gov/login.cfm (or clicks on a bookmark for that URL) and re-enters login credentials, the session will be blocked. For that reason, we strongly recommend that all users add a bookmark for www.sparq.doleta.gov, and remove any bookmarks for www.sparq.doleta.gov/login.cfm. (Note: In internet Explorer, bookmarks are called “Favorites” or “Internet Shortcuts”.)