Come join your Central Office colleagues for a barbecue lunch and various freestyle activities such as volleyball, basketball, tennis, racquetball, softball and double dutch, plus raffle prizes, music and dancing. You can use the entire Apex Athletic Center which includes an Olympic Size Pool and Fitness Center.

Every July, the New York City Health Benefits Program implements plan changes and new rates for health insurance carriers. As a result, the payroll deductions for the basic plans and optional riders have been updated effective the first full pay period of July 2009. The new rates were reflected in your July 16th paycheck.

Transit Benefit Plan deduction rates have changed due to the transit fare increases that took place on June 28, 2009. The new rates were automatically adjusted by the State Payroll Systems with the July 16th paycheck and no action was required on your part.

On June 30, 2009, the law setting the interest rate expired. The State Legislature has not taken action to extend the 8.25% interest rate in effect on June 30; so, by law, the interest rate has been set back to 7%, beginning July 1.

Central Office Human Resources has begun using DegreeVerify, an online service provider to verify academic credentials for all staff members. We conduct verifications online through a secure web site.

The Office of Human Resources Operations and Systems is pleased to introduce digital fingerprinting to the University community. Using the services of L-1 Identity Solutions, applicants can now be fingerprinted and the results sent to the Civil Service Administration unit and the campus Human Resources Departments quickly.

Managers of Classified Managerial staff will be notified shortly to conduct performance appraisal conferences and complete annual evaluations. A new form entitled Classified Managerial Performance Accountability Assessment and Conference Form was recently developed and will be piloted this year.

The University’s Policy on Acceptable Use of Computer Resources is intended to support the free exchange of ideas among members of the CUNY community and between the CUNY community and other communities, while recognizing the responsibilities and limitations associated with such exchange. This policy applies to all users of CUNY computer resources, whether affiliated with CUNY or not, and whether accessing those resources on a CUNY campus or remotely.