Why did the OSURF have names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers for faculty and staff who had no affiliation with that office?
Until installation of the PeopleSoft system in 1997, OSURF directly administered payrolls for all research projects. For five years following the installation, OSURF maintained HR/payroll data for account monitoring and reporting purposes. And, in order to adhere to federal reporting regulations, they continued to receive the HR data even after a PeopleSoft grants management system was installed. (By law, payroll expenditures must be verified against time and effort reports of charges to ongoing research projects see below.) With the Universitys research activities well in excess of a half billion dollars each year, this means that participants from every college as well as many affiliated units such as the hospitals are included.
