Last year, the Regents directed UCOP to reduce its budget by 10%. At what point was that number increased to 20%, and why?
The Regents did not establish a particular percentage target for budget reductions. They did direct UCOP to identify administrative efficiencies that would lead to budget reductions as the UCOP budget proposal was developed. When the new budget process was implemented in September 2007, all units directly reporting to the President were asked to submit budget proposals reducing their budgets and FTEs by 10%. As the budget process progressed, the restructuring initiative was also moving forward. Provost Hume subsequently directed that the recommendations from the January OP Roles Working Group report begin to be reflected in the UCOP budget proposal being developed for 2008-09. That included beginning to determine which activities at UCOP would be more appropriately based at a campus or another location. As a result, 20% in total reductions were identified in the proposed budget — roughly half achieved by cutting budgets and positions within UCOP, and the other half by moving certain ac
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