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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department Benefits Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of UC Office of the President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> UCRAYS Down for Maintenance Starting December 15, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBRs, please share this important information via your department email listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UCOP has announced that the UC Retirement At Your Service (UCRAYS) website will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance from Friday, December 15, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. until Tuesday, January 2, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. During
this time, members will not be able to login and access their UCRAYS accounts.<br>
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For more information on UCRAYS, please visit the UCnet webpage at: <a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/retirees/ucrays-how-to-guide.html">
https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/retirees/ucrays-how-to-guide.html</a>. <br>
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To access UCRAYS directly, please visit the UCRAYS login webpage at: <a href="https://retirementatyourservice.ucop.edu/UCRAYS/Account/LoginE">
https://retirementatyourservice.ucop.edu/UCRAYS/Account/LoginE</a> <br>
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For any urgent matters during the time when UCRAYS is unavailable, members are welcome to contact the UC Retirement Administration Services Center (RASC) at (800) 888-8267 Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time. For questions or concerns
that are not urgent, please consider contacting the RASC in January 2024. For more information on contacting the RASC, please visit the UCnet webpage at:
<a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/contacts/rasc.html">https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/contacts/rasc.html</a>.
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