Glossary of Terms

Responsible University Officer
An executive designated by the president as responsible for the high-level oversight of administrative policies that naturally fall within their areas of responsibility. The responsible officer may sub-delegate operational responsibility to a policy owner. Depending on the scope of the subject matter, a policy may have more than one responsible officer.
Restricted research
Research that is restricted in who can work on the project or how and when the researchers can discuss the results of the project.
Retaliation
Taking an adverse action against an individual, whether faculty, staff, or student, because of the individual’s good faith participation in the protected activity of reporting suspected or alleged misconduct. A causal relationship between the good faith participation in the protected activity of reporting suspected or alleged misconduct and the adverse action is needed to demonstrate that retaliation has occurred.
Retention Period
The length of time a record must be kept to meet administrative, fiscal, legal or historical requirements
Retroactive Pay
Pay received for work performed in prior pay periods.
Revenue Recapture Program
A program authorizing the Minnesota Department of Revenue to recapture taxpayer refunds and apply them to debts the taxpayers owe to other state agencies, the University of Minnesota and to certain local governmental units. A debtor under this program is an individual person who is obligated to pay a debt to a claimant agency.
Risk
Risk is measured in terms of consequence and likelihood. Potential risk could involve humans; animals; the University's financial, physical, or information systems, or its reputation.
Rogue
A wireless network device that spoofs or interferes with the day to day legitimate operation of central wireless services. For example, a rogue AP could mimic central services by falsely advertising a central SSID in order to lure end users onto the spoofed service and to obtain sensitive data such as passwords.
Salary
A fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed.
Sales and Marketing Event
An event sponsored by a business entity primarily for the purpose of promoting its commercial interests.
Schematic Design
Phase of capital project development that clearly defines design based upon the client's requirements, as defined during Predesign. Project quality, scope, budget, and schedule will are confirmed and refined. See CPPM Capital Project Phases
Scholastic Dishonesty
Plagiarizing; cheating on assignments or examinations; engaging in unauthorized collaboration on academic work; taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission; submitting false or incomplete records of academic achievement; acting alone or in cooperation with another to falsify records or to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement; altering, forging, or misusing a University academic record; or fabricating or falsifying data, research procedures, or data analysis.
Second Tier Contracting
Participation by businesses owned by women, minorities, and persons with disabilities as subcontractors on large University contracts.
Secondary Release
Authorized Users of University information have a responsibility for proper use of information both within and outside of the University. Authorized Users of information may use it only for their specific job responsibilities and not for any unauthorized secondary use, or for release to anyone else, unless specifically authorized. For example, position responsibilities may allow access to all the Public and Private information related to students. Some information on students is Public (name, address, dates of enrollment) and other is Private (transcripts, financial aid). Even though an individual may have access to this information, he or she may not use it for any unauthorized purpose, or release any of this information to a secondary source unless specifically permitted by job responsibilities. The Board of Regent's Student Records Policy defines under what circumstances student information may be released to an outside source. Secondary release must be related to a legitimate educational, administrative or research purpose, and it must be authorized. All applicable federal and state laws and University policy and procedures concerning storage, retention, use, release, transportation and destruction of information/data and systems must be followed.
Security Breach
Any action that results in the unauthorized access, alteration, destruction or disclosure of University information, or information systems, or the dissemination of information/data to unauthorized individuals.
Security Contact
Person designated by each health care component to serve as their component's primary liaisons for security related communications and incident response.
Security Incident
An intentional or accidental occurrence affecting information or related technology in which there is a loss of data confidentiality or integrity, or a disruption and/or denial of availability.
Security Measures
Processes, software, and hardware used by system and network administrators to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information technology resources and data owned the University and its authorized users. Security measures may include reviewing files for potential or actual policy violations and investigating security-related issues.
Security Violations
Any action that does not comply with system security concepts, policies, processes, procedures or measures.
Select Agent
Refers to the HHS Select Agent and Toxin list (42CFR part 73), the Overlap Select Agent and Toxin list (42CFR Part 73 and 9CFR Part 121), the plant pathogens (7CFR Part 331) and the High Consequence Livestock Pathogens and Toxins (9CFR Part 121) as amended or revised.
Senior Leaders

Individuals specified as senior leaders in Board of Regents Policy: Reservation and Delegation of Authority. This includes the executive and senior vice presidents, chancellors, vice chancellors, vice presidents, general counsel, University librarian, chief auditor, deans (on all campuses), athletic director (Twin Cities), and others as directed by the Board to include the Executive Director and Corporate Secretary, Board of Regents, and the Chief of Staff (Office of the President).

Senior Researcher
Principal investigator without faculty rank.
Serious Health Condition
An illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves one of the following:
  • Hospital Care
  • Absence Plus Treatment
  • Pregnancy
  • Chronic Conitions Requiring Treatments
  • Permanent/Long-Term Conditions Requiring Supervision
  • Multiple Treatments (Non-Chronic Conditions)
Server
A multi-user computer, which provides some service for other computers connected to it via a network. The most common examples are file servers, web servers, mail servers, and database servers.
Service
Work performed that is typically recognized by payment of a salary.