RCUH is delighted to welcome Glenn Yee as its new Director of Finance. Glenn is a certified public accountant in the state of Hawai‘i and has more than 30 years of experience in finance and operations management in a variety of industries.

Glenn started his career as a business assurance manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP, and then  served as chief financial officer at various large corporations such as Higa Industries Hawai‘i (dba Domino’s Pizza), Seamount Insurance, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, and Island Air.

Prior to joining RCUH, Glenn served as Vice President of Administration at Catholic Charities, where he oversaw finance, accounting, risk management, facilities, quality assurance, and IT functions.  He  received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accounting from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.  Glenn is also a past President and current member of Financial Executives International.

Glenn is located at the Mānoa Innovation Center and may be reached at (808) 988-8320 or [email protected]. You will have a chance to meet Glenn at one of the RCUH Leadership site visits near you!

Click here to register for a session near you. 

Following our June 18, 2018 announcement regarding changes to the new RCUH Policy 2.111, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released a memo confirming that OMB will grant an exception to permit the application of a simplified acquisition threshold amount of $250,000 for federal grant and cooperative agreement funds.  As such, RCUH will be utilizing a $250,000 threshold for federal grant and cooperative agreement funds, and a $150,000 threshold for federal contract funds (the $150,000 threshold for federal contract funds will remain in place until the $250,000 amount is adopted by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”)).  Refer to Policy 2.111 Purchases Over $150,000 (Federal Contract Funds) and $250,000 (Federal Grant/Cooperative Agreement Funds), which shall be effective July 1, 2018.

Reminder: If it is unknown at the time of solicitation whether the purchase price will exceed $150,000 (federal contract funds) or $250,000 (federal grant/cooperative agreement funds), projects should follow the requirements of Policy 2.111 as a safety precaution, to avoid having to cancel and redo solicitations.

In addition to the new Policy 2.111, the following changes are also being made to existing policies, effective July 1, 2018:

1. Policy 2.101 Source Selection Methods (Sections I. and II.)

• Clarifying that:
  • Contractors assisting in the development of specifications for a solicitation must be excluded from competing in the solicitation;
  • Projects are encouraged to use federal excess and surplus property when feasible to reduce project costs; and
  • Unreasonable restrictions should not be placed on competition.

2. Policy 2.204 Services Agreements (Sections I. and III.D.)

• Describes fixed-price contracts and time and materials contracts;
• Describes restrictions on the use of time and materials contracts, including a required price ceiling (as required by 2 CFR § 200.318); and
• Clarifying the contract amendment execution process.

Questions may be directed to Erin Yoda, RCUH Procurement and Disbursing Manager, at 808-956-3969 or [email protected].

This summer RCUH’s Leadership Team will travel to various campuses across the state to conduct informal meet, greet, and chat sessions. These sessions will include:

• updates on RCUH’s new initiatives and plans going forward,
• introduction of our new Director of Finance, Glenn Yee, and
• soliciting your suggestions on how RCUH can improve its services.

Your feedback is valuable in assisting RCUH to better serve its research, training, and development projects, and we look forward to a fruitful discussion with Principal Investigators, Fiscal Administrators, and Project Staff.

Please RSVP for one of the sessions below:

July 12 / 9:00 am – 10:30 am / East-West Center, Burns Hall 4005/4009
July 13 / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / UH Hilo, Rose & Raymond Tseng Terrace
July 13 / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / IfA Hilo Auditorium
July 16 / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm/ IfA Manoa Auditorium
August 1 / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / UH John A. Burns School of Medicine, MEB 314
August 6 / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / Kaua’i Community College, OSC 204
August 7 / 10:00 am – 11:30 am / UH Maui College, Noi’i 201
August 8 / 9:00 am – 10:30 am / Windward Community College, Hale Kuhina 115
August 14 / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / East-West Center, Burns Hall 4005/4009

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact [email protected] or call (808) 988-8314/8315.

Mahalo for participating in our meet, greet, and chat session!

Sylvia Yuen, Executive Director
Glenn Yee, Director of Finance
Nelson Sakamoto, Director of Human Resources
Brenda Kanno, Director of Corporate Services

Important Dates:

Online payment and purchasing transactions must be approved by Fiscal Administrators by 12:00 noon on Friday, June 29 to be included in FY 2018.  The last check run for the fiscal year will be on Friday, June 29, 2018.  Pending transactions will be saved, and will not be automatically deleted or disapproved in the RCUH financial system.

During the period July 1 through July 4, on-line payment and purchasing transactions can be initiated, but Fiscal Administrators will not have the ability to approve transactions.  Transactions will not be posted to project accounts until the financial system is reopened for FY 2019.  The RCUH financial system is scheduled to reopen on Thursday, July 5.  The first check run for FY 2019 is scheduled for Thursday, July 5 at 4:00 PM.

On an emergency basis only, manual checks can be issued during this period. Fiscal Administrators should contact RCUH Disbursing at [email protected].

Project reports will be accessible on the RCUH website.  However, until processing resumes on July 5, report balances will reflect transactions posted through June 29 only.

Please contact Maile Brooks at (808) 988-8340 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

The RCUH Financial Portal will be down on Saturday, June 16, 2018, from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm for system maintenance.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Mahalo to all who participated in the April 6th forum, “Cybersecurity: Protect, Detect, Respond.” The forum report is available below, or click here to access the PDF.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Stay tuned for RCUH’s next forum in Spring 2019!

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Want to showcase your project? Send us your photos!

RCUH is looking for clear, hi-res photos that tell a story about your project. Submissions may be featured in RCUH’s Annual Report, website, brochures, and other print/digital publications.

• Action or staged activities preferred
• Minimum size: 600 x 600 pixels
• Resolution: 300 dpi

Please complete the attached form and send your photos to [email protected] by Thursday, May 31, 2018. Photos may also be sent via UH File Drop. For examples of photos that caught our eye, see the front cover and pages 14-17 of the 2017 Annual Report.

Should you have any questions, please contact RCUH Corporate Services via email at [email protected] or call (808) 988-8315.

Mahalo in advance for sharing your work with us!

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If you have any questions, please contact Maile Brooks at [email protected] or (808) 988-8340.

The RCUH Financial Portal will be down from Friday, March 23, 2018, 4:00 pm to Monday, March 26, 2018, 7:00 am for system maintenance.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

As our reliance on technology grows, so does our risk of attacks, unauthorized access, fraud, and theft.

Join us at RCUH’s 2018 forum “Cybersecurity: Protect, Detect, Respond” for a current look at threats to the University of Hawai‘i and our statewide and nationwide communities. Panelists will share information on cyber threats and discuss steps you can take to safeguard your information and systems.

This forum is free and open to the public. Due to limited seating at the UH Manoa IT Center, RCUH will be live-streaming the broadcast so that participants can view the forum from their desktop, tablet, or mobile device. Click here to register for the live forum or to request the link to the live stream. 

PANELISTS

BRIAN TUSKAN
Senior Director of Security, Microsoft Corporation

 Brian has 29 years of experience in law enforcement and the private security sector. In 2017, he was named one of the Most Influential People in Security and currently sits on the Microsoft Worldwide Public Safety and Justice Advisory Council. With over 17 years serving as Microsoft’s Senior Director of Security, Brian has led global security teams in physical security operations, investigations, background screening, and much more. He is currently spearheading the Digital Transformation technology development of Microsoft Global Security’s Virtual Security Operations Center.

WILL BALES
Supervisory Special Agent – Cyber, FBI Honolulu

 With a background in Computer Information Systems, Will quickly advanced within the FBI. As a Special Agent in 2008, he was assigned to the Los Angeles field office, where he worked on criminal cyber investigations and intellectual property rights crimes. Will was deployed to work with South Korea in 2014-15, and addressed cases such as the Sony Pictures hack and the attack on the U.S. Ambassador in Seoul. Following his stint in Korea, Will was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and assigned to the Major Cyber Crimes Unit, Cyber Division, where he led the FBI’s effort against ransomware. Today, he supervises FBI’s Honolulu Cyber squad.

GARRET YOSHIMI
VP for Information Technology/CIO, UH System

Garret is a Honolulu native with more than 35 years of experience in information technology. He’s responsible for IT systems and services for the statewide UH system, which includes academic technologies and information security. Prior to joining UH in 2015, Garret served as VP and Chief Operating Officer for eWorld Enterprise Solutions. He also served as CIO for the Hawai‘i Judiciary and DTRIC Insurance, and senior technology executive for the East-West Center. Garret is currently working on UH’s strategic plan “Looking Forward to 2020 and Beyond,” which focuses on increasing connectivity across all UH campuses.