{"id":71732,"date":"2026-10-06T14:12:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=71732"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:12:31","slug":"bppm-revision-659","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/bppm-manual-revisions\/bppm-revision-659\/","title":{"rendered":"UPPM Revision 659"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1>UPPM Revision #659<\/h1>\n<p><strong>October 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In light of changes to <\/span><a id=\"OWAc3e3c7be-827a-3335-9d9b-fd1567ddc7a8\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/21\/2026-17114\/rescission-of-executive-order-11246-implementing-regulations. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/21\/2026-17114\/rescission-of-executive-order-11246-implementing-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"292a0320-7257-440c-b00f-cbd51c3aa926\" data-linkindex=\"5\"><u>EO11246 rescission rule<\/u><\/a>, <a id=\"OWA81a6798e-c779-f1a6-b4de-ed7977fef0c9\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/21\/2026-17115\/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-as. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/21\/2026-17115\/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-section-503-of-the-rehabilitation-act-of-1973-as\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"593231ac-586e-432c-8c4c-097f7370a3f0\" data-linkindex=\"6\"><u>Section 503 related rule<\/u><\/a>, and <a id=\"OWA7d91df59-1dc2-a1dc-c103-7173b440ace8\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/21\/2026-17116\/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-the-vietnam-era-veterans-readjustment-assistance-act. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/21\/2026-17116\/modifications-to-the-regulations-implementing-the-vietnam-era-veterans-readjustment-assistance-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"ba6b8fcd-654b-4000-b3c0-860777d26976\" data-linkindex=\"7\"><u>VEVRAA,<\/u><\/a> University administrators approved an expedited revision to the following policies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-10-55\/\">10.55<\/a> Equal Employment Opportunity<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-60-11\/\">60.11<\/a> Recruitment and Selection of Faculty Personnel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;color: initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-60-17\/\">60.17<\/a> Recruitment and Selection of Administrative Professional Personnel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-60-35\/\">60.35<\/a> Employee Demographic Information<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This revision:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true}\">\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Removes the designation of CCR collecting voluntarily reported employee disability information and sending it to appointing authorities;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Removes specific reporting of progress towards the Equitable Outreach, Recruitment, and Retention Plan, along with tracking goals related to the plan;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Removes language referring to &#8220;underrepresented groups&#8221;;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Removes references to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; and<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Adds broad statements that WSU will follow applicable rules and regulations pertaining to the EORRP and any disability questioning and reporting processes.\u00a0\u00a0\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This revision also includes the new policy <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/business-policies-and-procedures-manual\/bppm-01-07\/\">01.07<\/a> Emergency Presidential Succession<\/strong>, which establishes a succession process that allows WSU to maintain leadership and operations during a presidential emergency and provides a temporary chain of command.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":49281,"featured_media":0,"parent":21116,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71746,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71732\/revisions\/71746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=71732"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=71732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}