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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">February 17, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department Benefits Representatives (DBRs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of the UCPath Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv. 
<u>Do not reply to this email.</u>  Please</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As a reminder, following an upcoming security enhancement for UCPath, users will need to update any bookmarks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">or links to the <b>“Ask UCPath”</b> functionality.  Access to previous links were disabled as of <b>Friday, February 13, 2026.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Users will be able to access <b>“Ask UCPath”</b> directly through the yellow button on the portal as always without interruption.  However, if bookmarked or linked
 to the help function directly, please update the link to </span><a href="https://ucpath.my.site.com/askucpath" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://ucpath.my.site.com/askucpath</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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