SUBJECT:  Administrative Responsibilities Handbook

The Administrative Responsibilities Handbook has been updated and is currently being sent to all key academic and staff contacts. This distribution includes all faculty who have principal investigator responsibilities. For your convenience, it is also available on the web at http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/adminhandbook.

This handbook is a reference guide that was developed by the Office of the Controller and key Central Administrative Support Departments to provide guidance to those individuals with administrative and/or financial oversight responsibilities.

The Campus Committee on Accountability and Controls endorses this handbook, which is designed to be used as a tool to effectively manage and make decisions related to Academic Affairs, Conflict of Interest, Environment, Health and Safety, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems and Research activities. Also included in this guide are selected examples of good business practices, university policy, department and BLINK references, areas of accountability, and key risks. While we encourage everyone to consult their department business officer first, we hope this handbook will be of use in your daily decision making process.

Additional copies of this handbook will be available upon request by calling extension 4-0660. We encourage you to distribute this guide to anyone in your department that may be able to use it as a resource. Suggestions for enhancing this guide can be sent directly to controller@ucsd.edu for consideration by the Campus Committee on Accountability and Controls.

                                                Donald A. Larson
                                                Controller