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Service and Stewardship:
Recent Activities
Following are some of the recent Administration and Finance Division activities, driven by the division's mission.
Communications
- Expansion of the annual Administration and Finance Conference
- Augmentation and updating of the Administration and Finance Web site
- Establishment of the Administrative Forum (including business representatives from all divisions and Central Administration)
- Widespread dissemination of information about the University's new Code of Conduct for Business Activities
Compliance, Business Policy
- Expanded central oversight and coordination of regulatory compliance through the University Compliance Committee
- Creation of a Code of Conduct for Business Activities, providing an overarching code in accordance with the external regulatory environment
- Graduation of hundreds of individuals from CLASP (Continuous Learning for Administrators of Sponsored Programs), a classroom-based educational program for sponsored programs compliance
- Initial development of an Audit Office three-year plan for improving and extending auditing services
Financial
- Institution of quarterly financial statements
- Greater divisional and departmental use of Internet budgeting system
- More comprehensive financial budgeting analyses and reporting
- Approval and publication of the University endowment spending policy
Safety
- Compilation of data on employee injuries, with followup initiatives on workplace safety and notification procedures
- Continuing work on emergency preparedness initiatives and protocols for reacting to changes in national threat levels
Savings
- Multi-million dollar, continuing savings through self-insurance
- Eight-figure savings to University/Strong Health through combined efforts of Corporate Purchasing, University departments, and suppliers
- Commencement of a cogeneration initiative that will substantially avoid energy cost increases, upgrade the University heating/cooling infrastructure, and make better use of fuel
Systems
- Implementation of a new Human Resources Management System (HRMS) to replace an outmoded system that could no longer be upgraded and to meet compliance requirements
- Pilot of a Secure Pay program to allow departments to securely receive payments via the Web
