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

June 7, 2006

UNM to Reorganize CIRT and Telecommunications Under One Organization

University of New Mexico Chief Information Officer William Adkins announced today the reorganization of the Computer and Information Resources and Technology (CIRT) and the Telecommunications Department. The reorganization includes services and staff that, together, will now become Information Technology Services (ITS) effective July 1.

Telecommunications Director Paula Loendorf and CIRT Director Moira Gerety will report to Adkins under the reorganization. Improved customer service is one of the primary benefits to the UNM campus community anticipated under the plan.

“The new organization will address three issues: how ITS will provide customer services; transparency in the cost and funding of central IT services; and the convergence of voice and data network services.” said Adkins. “ITS will continue to be positioned as a key contributor and coordinator in the execution UNM's Information Technology Strategic Plan.”

The primary mission of the new ITS is to provide central, integrated IT environments that advance the core academic, research, public service and administrative missions of the university. ITS is also a hub point for coordinating distributed IT services across the university including infrastructure, hosting, desktop hardware, software and support, applications and the IT component of solutions to business problems.

Principles guiding all IT Services include: providing access, support, privacy, and security to all of the University's IT customers; improving the effectiveness of IT services and sharing IT resources across UNM; supporting UNM's mission, goals and values; coordinating IT planning and communication for better use of resources; and ensuring development and sustainability of high IT standards for UNM.

The LINK Project, currently under the CIO and scheduled for completion in July of 2007, will only be affected as applications are implemented and people move from the project budgets back into functional areas across campus or into technical areas in ITS.

Check the ITS Web site at: http://its.unm.edu , for updates, changes and new or consolidated services as they happen.

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