The University of Alaska requires each of its major administrative units (MAUs) to develop crisis response, communications and business continuation plans. Such plans must include provisions for prompt and effective response to disasters, whether natural or human-made, to protect life and property, and to provide for the continuation of university programs and services during the period impacted by the crisis.
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The University of Alaska system responds quickly, accurately, and fully to requests for information about any crisis that affects the system, its employees, its property, its students and its public image, within the constraints imposed by concern for individual privacy and legal responsibility.

The crisis plans will designate university personnel to be designated spokespersons during the crisis. No other employee is authorized to disseminate information on behalf of the university about the crisis to the news media unless designated to be a spokesperson by the president or a chancellor.
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It is the responsibility of each MAU to develop notification procedures, and lists of people to be notified in the event of a crisis. Chancellors will be responsible for notifying the president of the university. In the event the chancellor is not available in a timely manner, the office of the president of the university may be notified directly by a designee of the chancellor.
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The president of the university, in consultation with the appropriate chancellor, will decide if the incident is to be the subject of a president's or a chancellor's inquiry.
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The role of the General Counsel's office during crisis planning and response is to provide legal advice relative to the responsibility of the university and the impact of available courses of action upon the rights of individuals and the university.
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The university will periodically conduct drills and simulations designed to test the effectiveness of crisis response and business continuation plans.
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