News - January 2018

  1. Draft Revisions to Travel Purchase and Payment of Lodging Policy

    January 29, 2018

    Draft revisions to the UW System Administrative Policy 415-Purchase and Payment of Lodging have been proposed for review. There are many revisions to this policy, examples of which include clarification surrounding the required use of the policy, reservation options, a list of exemptions, and a non-compliance subsection. You can find summary of changes and track […]

  2. Technical Change to SYS 1030A

    January 26, 2018

    On January 24, 2018, Vice President for Administration Cramer approved a technical change to UW System Administrative Procedure 1030.A: Authentication to update password requirements. Passwords must now meet LOA2 entropy requirements as calculated by the NIST SP 800-63 Password Checker worksheet. This change corrects a drafting error that required passwords to meet or exceed 10 […]

  3. General Travel and Expense Policy Update

    January 23, 2018

    On January 11, 2018, President Cross approved an update to UW System Administrative policy SYS 405-Travel and Expense – General Travel and Expense Policy. This update clarifies expectations for accounting for travel and related expenses, and makes technical changes to align the policy format with the current University of Wisconsin System policy template.