President’s Announcements

Yak ‘N SACK

Here’s a friendly reminder of the Yak ‘n Sack Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 4th at 11:30 a.m.  The location will be at the South Austin Campus in Room 1130.

Remember that these meetings are open to students, faculty and staff.  Bring your snacks, and we will provide the beverages.

For the complete schedule, please visit our the Yak ‘n Sack website at:  http://www.austincc.edu/pres/yak.php.

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ Statewide Data Breach

ACC employees should be aware of a recent Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ data breach that may have exposed approximately three and a half million Texans to possible identify theft.  The breach affected records in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), and the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS).

Beginning Wednesday, April 13th, the Comptroller’s office will send letters to notify individuals whose personal information inadvertently was disclosed on an agency server that was accessible to the public.  For more information, please view the website at http://insideacc.austincc.edu/index.php/2011/04/13/statewide-data-breach-may-impact-you/ or the Texas Comptroller’s news release at:  http://www.txsafeguard.org/110411-security.php.  Additionally, the Texas Comptroller’s office has established a special toll-free telephone line at 1-855-474-2065 for individuals to call to check if they will receive a notification letter.

Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)

Students are hearing about new, more stringent federal standards on Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) that take effect in fall 2011.  A full explanation is at this link:  http://insideacc.austincc.edu/index.php/2011/04/13/new-federal-financial-aid-requirements/ or http://www.austincc.edu/facstaff/.

Converting to Gmail for ACC

By May 4, all ACC faculty and staff must make the conversion to Google Apps. More than half of all ACC employees have already made the change.  After May 4, IT will begin automatically changing employees over to Google Apps.  After that, email will no longer be delivered to the old email system.  Users will have to log in to Google Apps in order to receive new email.

This deadline is necessary because there are certain features of the new system we cannot implement until all employees have converted.  Please encourage faculty and staff in your area to make the transition as soon as possible.

Information Technology (IT) has set up a website to help convert to Google Apps and learn about the new features.  Visit the ACC Google Apps Website for a variety of information or go directly to the following websites:

For more information or questions, please contact Stan Gunn, Associate Vice President for Information Technology at 223-1200 or [email protected].

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