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.