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3F44EA7018DA1C1F872584D400759433 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY

JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date Dec 18, 2019      
Location SCR 352



Metropolitan State University - Committee Discussion Only


02:24:18 PM  
Dr. Janine Davidson, President of Metropolitan
State University-Denver (MSU-Denver), and Kevin Taylor, Chief Information
Officer at MSU-Denver, gave an overview of MSU-Denver's FY 2020-21 budget
request:  IT Infrastructure.

MSU-Denver is requesting $3.3 million
of CCF and $370,000 in cash funds spending authority for the first phase
of a two-phase project to modernize its network infrstrcuture and address
deferred maintenance on current IT infrastructure.

Keysha Macias, a student at MSU-Denver,
spoke about her time as a student.

02:34:21 PM  
Mr. Taylor responded to questions to the
committee about IT network failure incidents, leasing equipment, the October
23, 2019, outage on campus, bulk purchasing, and economies of scale.

He also answered committee questions
about Auraria campus infrastructure and shared wifi, the student technology
fee, and cost-savings expected for this project.

03:00:46 PM  
Committee discussion ensued about Auraria
campus wifi and technology collaborations.






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