USM Regents Committees on Finance, Economic Development to Meet September 12

Adelphi, Md. (Sept. 10, 2013) -- The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Committee on Finance will consider several action items at its next meeting on Thursday, September 12.

The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the President's Board Room, 14th floor of the Saratoga Office Building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). The building is located at 220 North Arch Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. The committee first will take a public vote on whether to reconvene in closed session.

The public session is scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m. The committee will vote on a resolution to spend USM cash balances on revenue-bond authorized projects; a lease extension at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP); and consulting services for the implementation of the Kuali Financial System at UMCP.

The committee also will hear information items on a review of USM capital improvement projects and a briefing on USM's response to the Affordable Care Act. The agenda and supporting materials are available at http://www.usmd.edu/regents/agendas/fc091213.php.

The Committee on Economic Development and Technology Commercialization at noon and will vote publicly on whether to reconvene in closed session. The committee is scheduled to meet in public session at 12:40 p.m.

The committee will hear three information items: strategies for increasing access to early stage capital; review of the policy on intellectual property; and new companies facilitated by USM institutions, January 2013 through June 2013.

The agenda and supporting materials are available at http://www.usmd.edu/regents/agendas/edc091213.php.

Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call 301.445.2756 (voice) or 301.314.7683 (TTY/ITT) for special arrangements.

Parking is available in the Saratoga Garage, also located at 220 North Arch Street in Baltimore. For driving directions to UMB and a campus map, click on http://www.umaryland.edu/map.

Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu