AITC Operational Plan

As a standing committee, the Administrative Information Technology Committee (AITC) focuses on information management that relates to university administrative functions and operations. Comprised of fifteen members representing broad functionality across the university, the AITC was formed in 1994 with a charter to: (1) provide a formal communications channel between administrative computing management and the major users of administrative computing services, (2) identify long-term goals and refine priorities for administrative computing, (3) apportion available resources according to the established priorities, and (4) recommend and/or review specific implementation actions selected to achieve desired ends.

In Fall Quarter 1996, the AITC selected the following implementation actions as priorities (in no particular order; corresponding long-term goal [LTG] in parentheses):

• Provide, support and enhance a standardized, integrated workgroup software environment with a robust set of standard application packages and network services (LTG-D.3). Includes: Training and Help Desk, Campus Directory, PPM, Human Resource Information, University Catalogue, and Class Schedules.
• Continue to support and enhance administrative/operational data systems through a decentralized, user-accessible data environment (LTG-D.4). Includes: Wildcard (One Card), WWW/Netscape, Desktop Access, Student Access to Information, Alumni and Development Database, Resource Scheduling, Electronic Publication.
• Support use of Intranet/Internet technology to enhance/expand access to administrative information (LTG-D.5). Includes: Campus Directory, University Catalogue, and Class Schedules.
• Create centralized proposal/funding mechanisms to coordinate and allocate planning, maintenance, upgrade and replacement of IT resources for administrative units (LTG-D.1). Includes: Support of the joint ARCC/AITC IT Funding Task Force.
• Continue to support existing systems, and internally and externally mandated priorities as they occur and are funded (LTG-D.2). Includes: New library system, USHE information system requirements, Semester Conversion, and Year 2000 Conversion.