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Notices of Proposed Rule Development – 6C1-2.021 and 6C1-3.041

Published: Sep 26th, 2002

Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel

Attached are copies of the Notices of Proposed Rule Development for rules which are proposed for adoption or revision by the University. Please distribute and post this memorandum and the notices upon receipt. Note that the Rule Development Workshop will be held at 2:00 p.m. on October 8, 2002 in Room 284 of the J. Wayne Reitz Union, if requested in writing by 5:00 p.m., on October 7, 2002.

NOTE: Please remember that by law you […]

Safe Campus, Safe Community

Published: Sep 20th, 2002

Larry T. Ellis, Director, Division of Human Resources

On Thursday, October 3, the Division of Human Resources will sponsor the Safe Campus, Safe Community: Creating a Violence-Free Workplace Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon in the Rion Ballroom of the J. Wayne Reitz Union.

Workplace violence occurs in many forms ranging from verbal abuse to threats of physical harm. This conference will teach employees commonsense techniques to deal with threats of violence, regardless of their form, and provide proactive tools to make the […]

Endowment Spending

Published: Sep 20th, 2002

Paul A. Robell, Vice President for Development & Alumni Affair

As you are aware, market returns for the last few years have been much worse than any of us could have anticipated. While doing better than our peers and also exceeding our benchmarks (that is, we lost less money than others), the Foundation’s endowment pool had returns of -8.6% for 2000-2001 and -6.9% for 2001-2002.

You will recall that two years ago we adopted a new endowment spending plan which is designed to allow […]

Appointment of New Associate Controller

Published: Sep 19th, 2002

John P. Kruczek, University Controller

Please join me in welcoming Mr. Michael McKee on his acceptance of the Associate Controller position in Finance and Accounting Division. His first day in his new job will be September 23, 2002. He will be responsible for the offices of University Payrolls, Accounting Services, isbursements Services, Travel, Tax Services, and University Property Services.

Mr. McKee’s experience includes: nineteen years on the staff of the State Auditor General, Assistant Controller for University Financial Services at the University of Florida, […]

HIPAA

Published: Sep 18th, 2002

Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a federal law passed in 1996, requires certain entities like the University of Florida to develop and implement procedures regarding electronic healthcare transactions and privacy and security of health data. The University has hired a Privacy Officer, who is housed in the Health Sciences Center where most HIPAA activity will occur. The Privacy Officer is in the process of determining what programs or services at the University […]

University of Florida Rule 6C1-3.0375 Finance and Administration; Tuition Schedule

Published: Sep 17th, 2002

Pamela J. Bernard, General Counsel

The above-referenced rule in its final form is published on the Academic Affairs website at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/index.htm. Revisions to this rule were published in The Gainesville Sun on July 12, 2002. The effective date for this amended rule was September 9, 2002.

UF Directory Middleware Project

Published: Sep 16th, 2002

Charles E. Frazier, Vice Provost for Information Technology

Most of you will recall a memo back in February in which I announced that the University would develop and convert to an enterprise-wide directory strategy. Thanks to help from many sources around campus, we are now well on the way to completing that important project and it is time begin integrating local unit and University-wide information.

The improved directory will add information on University organizations, provide support for unit level directory information extensions, support the […]

Notices of Proposed Rule Development

Published: Sep 13th, 2002

Pamela J. Bernard, Vice President and General Counsel

Attached are copies of the Notices of Proposed Rule Development for rules which are proposed for adoption or revision by the University. Please distribute and post this memorandum and the notices upon receipt. Note that the Rule Development Workshop will be held at 3:00 p.m. on September 30, 2002 in Room 287 of the J. Wayne Reitz Union, if requested in writing by 5:00 p.m., on September 27, 2002.

NOTE: Please remember that by law you […]

Telecommunications Billing Transition

Published: Sep 13th, 2002

John Madey, Associate Director

As part of its transition from the Physical Plant Division to the Office of Information Technology, the Telecommunications Department will be improving the billing process for our customers.

Instead of the current process of receiving 5 separate mailed invoices for Telecommunications’ services (monthly line charges, monthly equipment maintenance charges, work orders, Suncom long distance and AT&T international long distance), we will ultimately transition our billing to an online format.

With this new format we will notify our customers via email with […]

Outside Activities, Financial Interests and Conflict of Interest

Published: Sep 9th, 2002

David R. Colburn, Provost

The following Web sites are provided for your information and are an overview of outside activities and conflict of interest responsibilities.

UF Guidelines, Policies, and Procedures on Conflict of Interest and Outside Activities, including Financial Interests http://rgp.ufl.edu/research/outside_activities.html

The relevant rules of the University are available at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/1011.htm

For faculty, policy questions should be directed to Academic Personnel at 392-1251. For A&P, USPS & non-faculty OPS employees, questions should be directed to any University Personnel Services satellite office. Questions regarding Extra […]