{"612581":{"#nid":"612581","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Institute Reminds Employees of Political Campaign Involvement Policies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith a number of political campaigns under way, it\u0026rsquo;s important to be aware of the University System of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s (USG) policies on employee involvement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/policymanual\/section6\/C2687\/#p6.14.1_in_political_campaigns\u0022\u003EBoard of Regents (BOR) Policy 6.14.1\u003C\/a\u003E, the use of \u0026ldquo;USG materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, or vehicles in political campaigns is forbidden.\u0026rdquo; For example, sending or even forwarding a campaign-related email from a university-owned computer is not permitted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd if you were thinking of running for office or managing a campaign, be sure to review \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/policymanual\/section8\/C224\u0022\u003EBOR\u0026rsquo;s Policy 8.2.18.3\u003C\/a\u003E. It states that USG employees should not \u0026ldquo;manage or enter political campaigns while on duty to perform services for the USG or to hold elective political office at the state or federal level while employed by the USG.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQuestions? Contact the Office of Government and Community Relations at \u2028404-894-1238.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EVoting Policy\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, employees are allotted time to cast their vote. Per the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/policylibrary.gatech.edu\/employment\/leave-absence\u0022\u003ELeaves of Absence policy, 2.11,\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026quot;employees\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eare encouraged to exercise their constitutional right to vote in all federal, state, and location elections. If election polls are not open at least 2 hours before or 2 hours after an employee\u0026rsquo;s normally scheduled work shift, sufficient leave time must be granted to permit the employee to vote. In this instance, an employee should be granted a two-hour block of time in which to vote, if needed.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith a number of political campaigns underway, it\u0026rsquo;s important to be aware of the University System of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s (USG) policies on employee involvement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With a number of political campaigns underway, it\u2019s important to be aware of the University System of Georgia\u2019s (USG) policies on employee involvement."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2018-10-10 19:11:35","changed_gmt":"2018-11-05 14:59:02","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"288421":{"id":"288421","type":"image","title":"Political Involvement Policy","body":null,"created":"1449244254","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:50:54","changed":"1475894961","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:21","alt":"Political Involvement Policy","file":{"fid":"199159","name":"flag_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/flag_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/flag_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1936756,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/flag_0_0.jpg?itok=raj8uuOG"}}},"media_ids":["288421"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gov.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Goverment and Community Relations"},{"url":"http:\/\/edit.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/Memo%20to%20Presidents%20-%20Periodic%20Free%20Expression%20Guidance.pdf","title":"Memo to USG Presidents (pdf)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"90851","name":"political involvement"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"},{"id":"10088","name":"BOR"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"},{"id":"3423","name":"employees"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}