[CED/CD/EAT] Fwd: UITS Presentation

[Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto)]

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From: "Rahr, Matt - (rahr)" <rahr at ag.arizona.edu<mailto:rahr at ag.arizona.edu>>
Date: June 15, 2018 at 10:54:21 MST
To: "Ratje, Jeffrey M - (jmratje)" <jmratje at email.arizona.edu<mailto:jmratje at email.arizona.edu>>, "Antin, Parker B - (pba)" <pba at email.arizona.edu<mailto:pba at email.arizona.edu>>, "Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess)" <sburgess at cals.arizona.edu<mailto:sburgess at cals.arizona.edu>>, "Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto)" <Silver at ag.arizona.edu<mailto:Silver at ag.arizona.edu>>, "Staten, Michael E - (statenm)" <statenm at email.arizona.edu<mailto:statenm at email.arizona.edu>>
Subject: RE: UITS Presentation

My take…

Barry also presented at IT Directors’ Council and Deans’ Information Council… interesting that he did not share the budget slides, but we’ve seen them before (e.g. Page 4 bar chart). I question if UA’s total funding includes what is spent across Campus and not just UITS. If it’s just UITS, then the number is misleadingly low. Also, there has also been a surge of investment in the Information Security Office. This time last year there was 3.0 FTE. There will be 14.0 FTE by the end of the month – along with major expenditures on 3rd party InfoSec software licenses. I’m not sure if UA’s total IT expenditure captured the recent investment.

The written version of the Audit was much more watered-down than what was “read out” over the phone. The report included ASU, NAU, UA, and ABOR, and was framed as one, “Higher Education System”. So, the report does not directly separate out different sections of the report for each Institution. Most importantly, the Audit did not recommend any major overhauls in organization or centralization for UA.

The Chief Information Security Officer, Lanita Collette, went out of her way on Tuesday to give some kudos to CALS, which I hope was deserving and not just lip service :)

The Audit’s recommendations are good things to do. We’re way behind, as a campus, on reporting up both good and bad IT practices.

Thanks,
Matt

From: Ratje, Jeffrey M - (jmratje)
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Cc: Rahr, Matt - (rahr) <rahr at ag.arizona.edu<mailto:rahr at ag.arizona.edu>>
Subject: UITS Presentation

Sharing info that Barry Brummond (UA CIO) presented to a business officer group.

  1.  they want more money
  2.  the IT audit uncovered real shortcomings

My analysis: RCUs should prepare for increasing taxes and policy compliance over the coming years.  Copied Matt to add his viewpoint and how it could impact the college finances or operations.

Jeffrey Ratje
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