*NOTE: This training is managed and conducted by the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and not RCUH. Please contact the Hawaii State Ethics Commission directly with any questions or concerns; their contact information can be found at the bottom of this announcement.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission is offering ethics training to state employees. Online registration is now open for Kona (click here). We encourage employees to register early because seating is limited. Training date and location are as follows:

Date:         Friday, September 29, 2017
Time:        10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location:   Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA)

Hale Iako Training Classroom, Room 119
73-970 Makako Bay Drive
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
NELHA Map

The class is open to all state employees. Please forward this information to employees in your agency and encourage employees who have not received ethics training to attend an ethics training this year.

Please contact our office (808) 587-0460 or [email protected] with any questions you may have.

Thank you for your support of ethics education!

Hawaii State Ethics Commission
1001 Bishop Street, Suite 970
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Telephone: (808) 587-0460
[email protected]
http://ethics.hawaii.gov/
Twitter: @HawaiiEthics

*NOTE: This training is managed and conducted by the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and not RCUH. Please contact the Hawaii State Ethics Commission directly with any questions or concerns; their contact information can be found at the bottom of this announcement.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission is offering ethics training to state employees. Online registration is now open for Hilo (click here). We encourage employees to register early because seating is limited. Training date and location are as follows:

Date:         Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Time:         10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location:   University of Hawaii – Hilo Campus

University Classroom Building 100
200 W Kawili Street
Hilo, Hawaii
UH Hilo Campus Map

The class is open to all state employees. Please forward this information to employees in your agency and encourage employees who have not received ethics training to attend an ethics training this year.

Please contact our office (808) 587-0460 or [email protected] with any questions you may have.

Thank you for your support of ethics education!

Hawaii State Ethics Commission
1001 Bishop Street, Suite 970
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Telephone: (808) 587-0460
[email protected]
http://ethics.hawaii.gov/
Twitter: @HawaiiEthics

Now, that we have your attention . . . ePayments is coming soon to RCUH! ePayments will allow us to make electronic/automated payments to employees and vendors, i.e., eliminating the need for paper checks! Want to know what to expect? Please attend an information session via HITS on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 10 a.m.-11 a.m.

This session will cover:

– ePayments Introduction and Overview
– Implementation Plan and Schedule
– Vendor and Employee Enrollment Process
– Change in Payment Processing

Registration is open through August 25, 2017. Seating is limited, so please register for the most convenient site by clicking here. Handout will be emailed on August 28, 2017.

For those unable to attend, the recorded session and handout will be available by September 5, 2017. Please email your interest to [email protected]

If you would like additional information about the session or want to submit your questions or comments in advance, please contact Maile Brooks at [email protected].

We look forward to your participation on August 29!

RCUH is pleased to announce the release of three (3) new video series:

– Cost or Price Reasonableness
– Hawaii State Ethics Code (revised from July 2016 production)
– Sole Source

These videos are now posted for viewing on our website. Visit our homepage and under Training, click on “Online Videos.”

We hope you will find these to be helpful resources in your work.

NOMINATE YOUR PROJECT STAFF FOR THE 2017 RCUH OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR:

RECOGNITIONS
Three award categories are available:

1. Researcher/Project Manager/Professional (exempt status position)
2. Project Support Staff (non-exempt status position)
3. Team (2-5 staff in exempt and/or non-exempt regular status positions)

The awards encourage, recognize, and reward RCUH employees who have made demonstrable, significant, and exemplary contributions to their project during the past fiscal year (July 2016–June 2017) or years.

 AWARDS

• $1,000 to the first place awardee in each category
• $500 to the second place awardee in each category

All nominees will be recognized at the RCUH Awards Luncheon on Monday, October 30, 2017, where the awardees will be announced.

NOMINATIONS
A Principal Investigator may submit one nomination.  Team nominations are limited to no more than five individuals.

 DEADLINE
The deadline to submit nomination/s is July 14, 2017.  Email all nominations to [email protected].  Click here for the nomination form.

For more information, please refer to policy 3.450 Outstanding Employees of the Year Awards  or contact Gayle Hamasaki at [email protected].

Effective April 19, 2017, Policy 2.013, Signature and Document Approval Requirements, was updated as follows:

Section II.A. has been revised to state as follows:

A. On forms and legal documents that require a signature, the following signature types are acceptable:

1. A manual signature (i.e., a signature that is handwritten onto a hardcopy document), whether scanned, faxed, or submitted in original form; and

2. An electronic signature obtained using the State of Hawai‘i eSign service.

The above revision acknowledges RCUH’s use and acceptance of electronic signatures obtained using the State of Hawai‘i eSign service.  The service incorporates a method (that meets federal and state law) of securely verifying the identity of an individual affixing an electronic signature to a document.

For those of you who have already registered to use eSign, you will be receiving more information (including training options and your username/password) soon.  If you have not previously registered, and would like to do so, you may contact Janice Sato at [email protected].

Please note that only users who will be initiating the transmittal of RCUH documents for electronic signature (i.e., users who route documents for signature) should register for eSign.  If you only sign documents, you DO NOT need to register. Please also note that the use of eSign is not mandatory, and is only being provided for your convenience, if you choose to utilize it.

Questions may be directed to Erin H. Yoda at (808) 956-3969 or [email protected].