{"586033":{"#nid":"586033","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Board of Regents Offers Guidance on Political Activity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith the new year in full swing, the University System of Georgia (USG) would like to remind all employees about its policies on political activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUSG employees are encouraged to fulfill their civic obligations and share their views on political issues, but in doing so may act only in their personal capacities and must not use Institute resources or appear to be speaking on behalf of the Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, USG employees may not hold elective political offices at the state or federal level while employed by the USG. Political campaigning during work hours, or in a way that interferes with Institute responsibilities, is prohibited.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional questions may be submitted to the Georgia Tech Office of Legal Affairs at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:asklegal@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Easklegal@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With the new year in full swing, the University System of Georgia (USG) would like to remind all employees about its policies on political activities."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2017-01-13 21:33:31","changed_gmt":"2017-01-13 22:01:35","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.legal.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/political_activity_guidance_pdf.pdf","title":"USG Memo: Policy Guidance on Political Activity"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/hr\/manual\/conflict_of_interest","title":"USG Conflict of Interest Policy"}],"groups":[{"id":"64319","name":"Administration and Finance"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"728","name":"Board of Regents"},{"id":"173224","name":"political activities"}],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOffice of Legal Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:asklegal@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Easklegal@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}