Re: Personnel activity reports for faculty members
Eric C Lewandowski 07 Aug 1996 07:44 EST
Kathleen:
We are in the process of revisiting our Time and Effort Reporting
system at YSU and I would appreciate your sharing responses to this
question. Thanks, in advance.
Eric C. Lewandowski
Director, Grants & Sponsored Programs
Youngstown State University
3010 Jones Hall
410 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, Ohio 44555
e-mail: xxxxxx@cc.ysu.edu
(330) 742-2378 (330) 742-1580 [FAX]
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Research Administration Discussion Group wrote:
> Our Internal Auditors recently completed an extensive review of our
> personnel activity reporting system and have recommended significant
> changes. A major question raised by the audit concerns the requirement that
> individuals signing after-the-fact activity reports use "suitable means of
> verification that the work was performed." As things currently stand, our
> department chairs are usually the individuals signing the faculty activity
> reports. The auditors have concluded that often these individuals do not
> have first-hand knowledge of the work performed and that there is generally
> not adequate documentation to support the reports of faculty time and effort.
>
> I would like to hear what other institutions accept as suitable verification
> for faculty members. I would also be interested in an off-line discussion
> with anyone who has recently gone through an outside audit of their
> personnel activity reporting system or anyone who believes that they have an
> exemplary system.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
> Kathleen Harris
> Assistant Vice Provost for Research
> Texas Tech University
> Lubbock, TX 79409-1035
> xxxxxx@ttu.edu
> Phone - 806/742-3884
> FAX - 806/742-3892
>