NIH EMIS Help Documents

The NIH Ethics Management Information System (EMIS) is used by the NIH Ethics Community to track all ethics actions and to provide a means to report on the data. The following EMIS instruction sheets provide details for entering data for each action. These documents are in the same approximate order as the forms are listed along the left side of the EMIS screen. All documents were updated in February 2008, unless otherwise noted.

Helpful Hints (General User Helps)	Outside Activity (HHS-520)
Employee Data	Outside Activity Annual Report (HHS-521)
Transferring an Employee Between ICs, with SACs	Outside Activity Renewal
Recusals (Disqualifications)	Official Duty Activity
Waiver of Real Conflict of Interest	Official Duty Activity Blanket Request
Authorization to Participate Despite Apparent Conflict	Widely Attended Gatherings (WAG)
Sponsored Travel (HHS-348)	Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-450)
Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA)	Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278)
Ethics Advice to Employees	Ethics Training (Annual and New Employee)
Other Ethics Actions	Awards from Outside Entities
Reporting Financial Interests in SAOs (HHS-717-1)	Honorary Degrees
HHS 717-1 Data Entry Update	Referral of Noncompliant Employee (NIH-2850)
Protocol Review	Creating Custom Reports
Verify New Employees & View Alerts Functions	Initial Report of SAOs (HHS-716) OBSOLETE

For questions regarding using EMIS, please leave a message for the EMIS System Administrator in the NIH Ethics Office (301-402-6628), or send an email to Felecia Taylor taylorf@mail.nih.gov.

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Updated: 9/25/09