Compliance Office

The Compliance office exists to answer questions about System policies and procedures, and provide understanding and clarification for university procedures.

Mission Statement

To promote and support a compliance conscious culture that encourages all employees to conduct official Texas A&M–Central Texas business in an ethical manner and in compliance with established laws, policies, regulations, rules, and procedures.

Responsibilities

Dissemination and interpretation of System Policies and Regulations
Development and maintenance of institutional rules and standard administrative procedures
Assures administrative units have appropriate departmental procedures
Development of a broad-based compliance program designed to prevent, monitor and detect areas of non-compliance
Coordination of external audits
Communication of compliance issues with executive management
Processing of all Public Information/Open Records requests

Training

Interactive training should be done on a regular basis to keep employees up to date with new laws or regulations that will have an impact in their areas (based on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines).

Compliance training is offered to individuals responsible for oversight of the risk mitigation process through professional webinars, in-classroom training sessions, and attendance at professional seminars and conferences (i.e., FERPA, Title IX and Clery Act).

On an equal note, all employees of The Texas A&M University System have access to Train Traq, learning management system (LMS). Train Traq is used to assign, monitor and verify employee mandated training and can be accessed through Single Sign On (SSO). Train Traq is also used as an additional source of “free” compliance related training.

Below is a list of compliance related courses which can be accessed through Train Traq.

Semester Registration Access Periods

Course Name	Course Number
ADA for Supervisors and Faculty	2111125
Child Protection Training	2111652
Clery Act Guidelines for A&M System Campus Security Authorities	2111844
Creating a Discrimination-Free Workforce	99002
Ethics	99001
Export Controls & Embargo Training – Basic Course	2111212
FERPA	11012
Financial Conflict of Interest in Research	2111716
Hazard Communication	11020
HIPAA-Benefit Processor and HRC Users	11009
HUB Purchasing Requirements	11010
Information Security Awareness	3001
International Travel Safety: Safe Passage Presentation	2111728
Reporting Fraud, Waste and Abuse	99003
Retention of State Records	11015
Sexual Harassment: What Supervisors Need to Know	1006
Time and Effort	2111113