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#No employee will engage in political activity while on duty or within any period of time in which he or she is expected to perform services and receives compensation from UNMC. No employee will use state funds, supplies, or vehicles in campaigning for or against candidates or engaging in political activity. | #No employee will engage in political activity while on duty or within any period of time in which he or she is expected to perform services and receives compensation from UNMC. No employee will use state funds, supplies, or vehicles in campaigning for or against candidates or engaging in political activity. | ||
===Politically Related Activities=== | ===Politically Related Activities=== | ||
#UNMC cannot and does not place any limit on the rights of UNMC employees to enjoy full exercise of their rights to speak and act as citizens of the United States and the state of Nebraska. However, public accountability demands that employees refrain from using state resources (telephone, work time, UNMC stationary, staff time, etc.) to lobby on legislative or other policy issues. Responsibility to one's colleagues requires that employees refrain from using their position at UNMC for lobbying and | #UNMC cannot and does not place any limit on the rights of UNMC employees to enjoy full exercise of their rights to speak and act as citizens of the United States and the state of Nebraska. However, public accountability demands that employees refrain from using state resources (telephone, work time, UNMC stationary, staff time, etc.) to lobby on legislative or other policy issues. Responsibility to one's colleagues requires that employees refrain from using their position at UNMC for lobbying and makes clear that political expression is personal and does not represent a position of UNMC or any of its units. | ||
#Employees of UNMC are free to testify or otherwise publicly comment on any issue of interest to them so long as they do so as an individual and not as a representative of UNMC. | #Employees of UNMC are free to testify or otherwise publicly comment on any issue of interest to them so long as they do so as an individual and not as a representative of UNMC. | ||
#When speaking at a public forum, one must indicate explicitly that the comments to be made are of a personal nature and so not represent a policy decision on the part of UNMC. | #When speaking at a public forum, one must indicate explicitly that the comments to be made are of a personal nature and so not represent a policy decision on the part of UNMC. | ||