The University of New Mexico

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Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu

August 18, 2006

UNM to Host State 's Information Technology Oversight Committee

The University of New Mexico will host the next meeting of the state's Information Technology Oversight Committee (ITOC), Tuesday, Aug. 22. The session runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UNM High Performance Computing Center , located on the northwest corner of Central Ave. and University Blvd.

Chaired by Sen. John Arthur Smith, the 21-member ITOC consists of state senators and representatives from across New Mexico . Commissioned by the New Mexico Legislative Council, ITOC is designed to facilitate and better support the legislative work during the next session.

Higher education representatives from UNM, New Mexico State University , New Mexico Tech and New Mexico Highlands University will provide strategic directions for IT and higher education. Bill Adkins, UNM's chief information officer, and Barney Maccabe, director, UNM High Performance Computing Center, will host the event.

Focus areas include: UNM's Center for High Performance Computing, the Earth Data Analysis Center and the Media Arts initiative. Additionally, there will be updates from the State CIO's office, the Chair of the IT Commission and the CIO of Public Education regarding the STARS ( Student Teacher Accountability Reporting System) project.

For more information, contact the New Mexico Legislative Council at (505) 986-4600 or UNM's Information Technology Services at (505) 277-0752.

The University of New Mexico is the state's largest university, serving more than 32,000 students. UNM is home to the state's only schools of law, medicine, pharmacy and architecture and operates New Mexico's only academic health center. UNM is noted for comprehensive undergraduate programs and research that benefits the state and the nation.

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