From: Cecile Hinson, Internal Audit Divsion
To: Members of the University IT Committee

Please forward this to the UIT distribution list.
To reiterate what I said at the meeting:

• This e-mail reminder represents a portion of the corrective
  action activity promised by the University to the State Auditors
  in the response to their report.
• The UIT Committee members should send this to their faculty,
  staff, and students this year and send a general reminder
  annually afterwards.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me at
515-8862 or cecile_hinson@ncsu.edu

The e-mail verbiage:

The Office of the State Auditor issued an audit report this month documenting an NCSU employee’s violation of both North Carolina law and an NC State Regulation. The violation committed entailed the use of a University computer to play on-line poker games and gamble for money. (See http://www.ncauditor.net/EPSWeb/Reports/Investigative/INV-2006-0309.pdf for the full report).

NC General Statute 14-292 prohibits gambling for anything of value in North Carolina (other than state-sponsored lotteries and charity events) and the NC State University Computer Use Regulation, REG 08.00.2, states that all “use of University computing systems and networks must comply with federal and state law.”

This type of violation of NC General Statute and NCSU Regulation is considered misconduct and consequences may include disciplinary procedures, revocation of access privileges, and/or civil prosecution.

Please be sure to familiarize yourself with the University Computer Use Regulation at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/informationtechnology/REG08.00.2.php . If you have any questions, contact your unit’s IT Director, the Information Technology Division (ITD), Resource Management and Information Systems (RMIS), Internal Audit, or Legal Affairs.