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ANR Update
UC restricts engagements with Huawei
Given the serious federal government actions against Huawei and their affiliates which have legal implications for UC researchers as well as reputational risks for the University, the University of California (UC) provided guidance. The points outlined below are intended to address the current relationship between Huawei and the federal government and will allow UC to responsibly manage risk with as little disruption to the system as possible.
Moratorium on any future engagement with Huawei. This will prohibit purchasing equipment or devices (this includes cell phones), receiving research grants or contracts, accepting gifts, entering into MOUs, membership or consortium agreements, technology transfer or licensing of UC IP, or exchanging any technical information with Huawei
Cessation of all pending projects, gifts, purchases or engagements with Huawei. UC will implement a systemwide moratorium to prevent any project, gift, purchase, or engagement that is pending but yet to be funded or executed from going forward.
The moratorium includes a prohibition on agreement renewals. All existing agreements should wind down with all funds expended as soon as possible. For any existing agreement that is currently funded, ANR should proceed with the following best practice criteria: a) ANR employees should refrain from visiting any Huawei site. Likewise, existing agreements should, during the wind-down period, be implemented so as to prevent inviting or knowingly hosting official Huawei representatives, including visiting scholars, to ANR meetings or events; b) ANR should not accept any Huawei commodities or software inputs, and there should be no UC exports to Huawei; c) Any informational exchange must be strictly limited to fundamental research intended to be published or already published information; d) All Conflicts of Interest/Commitment reporting questions involving relationships with Huawei or the 68 Huawei affiliates placed on the Bureau of Industry and Security Entity List should be reviewed and have a management plan for winding down. Academics should be reminded that these Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment forms must contain the most accurate and up-to-date information; and e) Balancing academic freedom concerns, ANR should conduct reviews of UC co-authorship on pending publications involving Huawei entities.
Managing engagement risks with Huawei's U.S. subsidiary. Huawei has a U.S. subsidiary, Futurewei. ANR can continue to receive support and engage in research and other collaborations with Futurewei at this time.
Jake McGuire
ANR Controller
Background News/Information:
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Huawei Moratorium Cover Ltr - FINAL 7-18-19
FINAL.Moratorium on any future engagement with Huawei
Annual whistleblower notification
The University of California is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the fulfillment of its education, research, public service and patient care mission. The University's Whistleblower Policy provides multiple avenues for employees to bring forward concerns of potential employee misconduct. Faculty and staff are encouraged to bring forward concerns about possible improper governmental activity directly to their supervisor, department head, Locally Designated Official (LDO) or other appropriate university offices or officials.
The university established a systemwide, independently operated whistleblower hotline to receive calls or web-based reporting from faculty, staff, students or members of the public. The hotline allows for anonymous reporting. The hotline relays the reported concerns to appropriate university officials for processing. This hotline is staffed seven days a week, 24 hours per day and is capable of receiving reports in a number of different languages.
The toll-free number is 1-800-403-4744. Web-based reports can be made at http://universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline. More information about the whistleblower process can be found on the UC Whistleblower website and on posters displayed in various employee areas. The University's whistleblower poster identifies other channels for reporting improper governmental activity, including the California State Auditor, the California Attorney General and federal whistleblower programs.
The California Government Code requires every state agency, including the University of California, to annually distribute to its employees a message from the California State Auditor that provides an explanation of the California Whistleblower Protection Act. Please find the 2019 message attached.
Sincerely,
Jake McGuire (jake.mcguire@ucop.edu)
Controller & Locally Designated Official
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2019 CSA Brochure
Staff and academic salary programs for 2019-20
Dear Colleagues,
My ANR Budget Update 2019-20 provided an overview of our budget challenges and described actions we have taken or may take in response to shrinking financial support from the state. Despite these budget pressures, providing market competitive compensation for staff and academics remains a top investment priority for UC ANR. People are our greatest asset; without quality people, we cannot achieve our research and extension mission.
I am happy to announce details of the annual salary programs for academics and staff for FY 2019-20.
Academic Salary Program
For ANR academic appointees, salary scales will increase by a general range adjustment of three percent, effective July 1, 2019. These increases apply to all non-represented academic titles at ANR. This is in addition to the merit and promotion actions for those scheduled to receive increases on July 1.
In recent years, ANR has added equity increases to the CE Advisor Series base salaries to create a UC ANR Adjusted Salary Scale. For 2019-20, the three percent general range adjustment will apply to the UC ANR Adjusted Salary Scale.
Academic HR will send individual noticse to academics regarding the increases, and the updated salary scales will be posted on the Academic HR website.
Staff Salary Program
For policy-covered (non-represented) staff employees, ANR is implementing a merit-based salary increase program. The merit increases will be effective June 30, 2019, for bi-weekly paid employees, and July 1, 2019, for both monthly paid employees.
As in prior years, the salary increases under this program will be merit-based and linked directly to the individual's performance and contribution.
UC ANR Human Resources will provide detailed information about the staff salary increases to Directors, with instructions to share information with supervisors and staff.
Salary programs for exclusively-represented staff are defined in the UC-wide collective bargaining agreements.
Market Equity Programs
In addition to the annual salary programs, over the last three years UC ANR has implemented multi-year strategies to improve the competitiveness of salaries for CE advisors and non-represented staff.
Each of these programs represents a significant financial investment for the division, and we are committed to continuing those programs despite receiving no increase in funding from the Office of the President for the coming fiscal year.
Impacts
I am pleased to offer salary increases this year. While we remain in a difficult budget situation, it is important that we invest in and reward our people appropriately for their commitment and efforts. Salary increases during a flat budget year do impact the availability of funds for program purposes. I expect we will need to make more difficult decisions regarding the levels of support provided to units and academics across UC ANR. As we work through our budget, we will share more regarding how we plan to address these impacts.
Please plan to join me for the next virtual town hall on Thursday, Aug. 15, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. During this Zoom webinar, I will provide an update with as much information as is known at that time, and you will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Thank you all for the great work you do.
Glenda Humiston
Vice President
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Humiston delivers UC ANR overview, UC regents request tour
Today (July 18) VP Glenda Humiston delivered an overview of UC ANR to the UC Board of Regents during their meeting at the UCSF–Mission Bay Conference Center.
The regents appeared inspired by the description of Californians throughout the state benefiting from UC ANR research and outreach.
“You do so many valuable things, not only in the agricultural community, but as you highlighted, a lot of times in the urban areas,” Regent Richard Leib said to Humiston.
Turning to his fellow regents, Leib asked, “How do we get this message out to the policymakers, to the legislators who are funding these projects? Because it's such a valuable thing that the organization is doing, but unless you've been touched by it, you might not know it's UC.”
Chair John Perez agreed, saying, “I think your frame is the right one. There are counties where we don't have a campus, but we have a presence.”
“I just wanted to say how excited I am to hear your presentation. ANR is a part of UC I know the least about and just to get a taste of what ANR does and its reach is really exciting to me,” said Regent Lark Park, adding she would like a tour of ANR activities. “You really opened my eyes to the importance of ANR to our overall mission and all the public policy problems facing the state. I'm really excited to learn more and advocate more for this.”
Here's the link to a 30-minute video of today's presentation and the UC regents' comments following Humiston's presentation https://youtu.be/0sdYykYgakI.
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ANR town hall Thursday, Aug. 15, 1:30 p.m.
Please join ANR leaders for a virtual town hall on Thursday, Aug. 15, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. This will replace the monthly all-ANR staff meeting.
Via Zoom, Glenda Humiston, Tu Tran and John Fox will update you on ANR's budget, salary increases for staff and academics, and UCPath, and answer your questions.
On July 8, Humiston sent an ANR Update message about ANR's budget outlining some options leadership is considering to compensate for $5 million in unfunded obligations.
UC ANR is on track to launch UCPath on Oct. 1, with cutover activities beginning in September. Readiness meetings are being held with business officers, supervisors and anyone else who is interested. If you haven't received an invitation and want to attend, contact your business manager for more information.
During the town hall, participants may submit questions and comments via the Zoom chat box.
To join, click this link https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/530365395
Or by phone, dial: (based on your location for higher quality)
US: +1 669 900 6383 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 530 365 395
A recording of the town hall is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62WrjR1Il7w.
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