SUBJECT:

Ethnic/Gender Identity Information Survey

UC San Diego staff whose ethnic or gender identity has been entered as "unknown" in the Campus Payroll/Personnel System will receive a survey next month from the Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action Office. The completion of this survey is voluntary and is being conducted to comply with federal laws that require UC San Diego as a federal contractor to collect data on gender and ethnicity for all of its employees.

The survey is particularly important since campus efforts to collect this information are a major focus of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs' audit of UC San Diego's compliance practices currently underway.

These data collection survey efforts will be undertaken twice annually (April and October). Questions regarding the survey should be directed to Paula Doss, Director, Equal Opportunity/Staff Affirmative Action at (858) 534-3694 or pdoss@ucsd.edu.

Thomas R. Leet Assistant Vice Chancellor - Human Resources