Higher education institutions work in a complex environment of everchanging federal, state, local, and institutional rules and regulations. As a result, it is imperative that compliance owners and oversight leaders stay abreast of requirements and periodically evaluate compliance plans for continuous improvement.
Below is a list of compliance resources and publications to assist in this process.
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- The contains the general and permanent laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia that have been passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor.
- The is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation.
- 听is a joint initiative of five听private sector organizations听dedicated to providing thought leadership through the development of frameworks and guidance on enterprise risk management, internal control and fraud deterrence.
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines听establish the seven elements of an effective compliance and ethics program used to determine sentencing of organizations. The manual is established by the听.
- 听(HECA)听provides the higher education community with a centralized repository of information and resources for compliance with federal laws and regulations, including their听.
- 听is the Federal framework to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of compliance programs.
- The website of the is the portal to the Commonwealth鈥檚 state legislature. The allows the public and lobbyists alike to search and track legislation in the Virginia General Assembly.听