http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:37:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sharedservices.berkeley.edu/wordpress2013/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CSSITsuccessstory_FINAL_4_18.pdf http://sharedservices.berkeley.edu/wordpress2013/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CSSITsuccessstory_FINAL_4_18.pdf#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 21:29:22 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34590 In mid January, Campus Shared Services Information Technology began supporting more than 3,700 UC Berkeley staff from its home base in West Berkeley. The IT group, which has been closely tracking customer satisfaction through anonymous surveys and user testimonials, reports on campus users' largely positive feedback so far. ]]> http://sharedservices.berkeley.edu/wordpress2013/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CSSITsuccessstory_FINAL_4_18.pdf/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/caltime-phased-rollout-is-underway/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/caltime-phased-rollout-is-underway/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:50:44 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33179 A phased rollout of CalTime, the campus' new online, automated timekeeping system, began Sept. 28 and continues into spring semester. See the schedule and watch a video on how the new system will improve timekeeping for campus employees.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/caltime-phased-rollout-is-underway/feed/ 0 http://oe.berkeley.edu/news/CampusBudgetCalPlanning.shtml http://oe.berkeley.edu/news/CampusBudgetCalPlanning.shtml#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:08:29 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33176 Members of the campus community recently got their first look at UC Berkeley's new budget plan, the product of months of collaboration between finance staff, the Budget Office and the Operational Excellence CalPlanning project team. Now, the OE-funded system CalPlanning allows campus finance staff to learn new processes, develop financial-analysis and planning skills, and foster a more strategic approach to campus finances.]]> http://oe.berkeley.edu/news/CampusBudgetCalPlanning.shtml/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/energy-incentive-program-launches/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/energy-incentive-program-launches/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:08:40 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32592 There's little incentive to conserve when someone else pays the bill. So the new Energy Incentive Program aims to motivate building occupants and managers to bring down electricity usage. It's one part of Operational Excellence's energy program, and it's projected to save the campus a sizable chunk of change each year, as well as shrink its carbon footprint.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/energy-incentive-program-launches/feed/ 0 http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Mar-Apr2012/email-calendar-contest http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Mar-Apr2012/email-calendar-contest#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:43:35 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26724 Members of the campus community are invited to submit Berkeley-specific names for the new email and calendar services, to be provided by Google as part of the OE Productivity Suite. The contest deadline is March 19, with a $250 gift card as the prize for the winning entry.]]> http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Mar-Apr2012/email-calendar-contest/feed/ 0 http://oe.berkeley.edu/BearBuyRolloutArticle.shtml http://oe.berkeley.edu/BearBuyRolloutArticle.shtml#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:46:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25850 In the current rollout and implementation of BearBuy — a new web-based procurement/purchasing system at UC Berkeley and UCSF — a strong effort is being made to incorporate user feeback.]]> http://oe.berkeley.edu/BearBuyRolloutArticle.shtml/feed/ 0 http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/news/free-extension-courses#information http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/news/free-extension-courses#information#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:55:36 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23552 To support Operational Excellence, the Center for Organizational and Workforce Effectiveness (COrWE), in cooperation with UC Berkeley Extension, is providing free tuition at the time of enrollment for a number of workforce-development Extension courses during 2012. ]]> http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/news/free-extension-courses#information/feed/ 0