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Cell Phone Policy Update

Update to University Guidelines for the Purchase and Use of Cellular Phones and Other Portable Electronic Resources

The University policy on the purchase and use of cell phones and related electronic equipment has recently been updated. The significant revisions
are:

1. The usage agreement in Appendix A has been revised to state that an employee furnished with electronic communications equipment, e.g., a cellular phone, "will exercise appropriate care and caution when using the equipment," in accordance with G-46.

2. Section VII (Employees) retains the language that the employee is expected to "avoid using the equipment . . . while operating a motor vehicle." Emergency personnel are exempted from this requirement, however, as is any employee who uses a cellular phone for emergency purposes.

3. Section V.E (Reimbursement of Business Use) has been revised to permit the reimbursement of Internet and similar services purchased by an employee when it would not be practicable or cost-effective for the University to purchase such services separately.

The entire policy may be found at
http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/policies/bfb/g46.pdf.

This policy update was also communicated via the Bear Alert notification system. Campus administrators are encouraged to subscribe to Bear Alerts to be automatically informed via an e-mail correspondence if there are any relevant policy revisions (http://campuspol.chance.berkeley.edu/BearAlertSubscribe.htm).

For further information, please contact Assistant Manager Dwight Hendrix at
642-3129 or hendrix@berkeley.edu.

Last updated: May 7, 2007