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Governance Topics and Decisions

Last updated: March 31, 2025

Governance Topics

Topics upcoming and currently flowing through Information & Technology Governance boards for the year 2025 – A cumulative three-month view:

Governance Groups March April May

Executive Committee​

3/24: Technology Stewardship & Optimization​

4/30: TBD​

5/29: TBD​

Enterprise Technology Board​

3/27: Technology Stewardship & Optimization​

4/24: TBD​

5/22: TBD​

Academic Services Board​

3/19: Gradescope​

(no meeting)​

5/21: TBD​

Data Governance Board​

3/26: Data Governance Focus, Data Classification Working Group​

4/23: TBD​

5/28: TBD​

HR & Finance Applications Board​

3/17: Workday High Level Roadmap​

4/21: TBD​

5/19: TBD​

Information Security & Privacy Board​

(no meeting)​

(no meeting)​

5/8: TBD​

ADA Digital Accessibility

3/12: Future State Liaison Program, Training Program ​

4/9: TBD​

5/14: TBD​

Research Cyberinfrastructure Board​

​n/a

n/a​

5/6: Kick-off​

I&T Governance Chairs​

3/21: Technology Stewardship & Optimization

4/21: TBD​

(no meeting)​

TRF Advisory Committee​

n/a​

n/a​

n/a​

Governance Decisions

Decisions made by Information & Technology Governance Groups are recorded below.

Date Decision Governance Groups
2/7/2025 UW-IT is approved to implement a “pay as you play” Microsoft 365 Copilot service model where units can purchase Copilot licenses based on their specific needs, rather than a centralized funding approach.
1/27/2025 UW-IT is charged to initiate further UW-wide discovery, analysis, planning, and resourcing for directional changes in the Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace platforms.
10/31/2024 Recommend a 3% increase in the Technology Recharge Fee for Fiscal Year 2026.
9/26/2024 UW-IT is asked to initiate design of an enterprise Slate Service for Admissions CRM, working with stakeholders from across the UW.
7/31/2024 Launch a new Academic Services Board within I&T Governance.
6/24/2024 Launch a new Data Governance Board within I&T Governance, maintaining the existing data stewardship model.
5/9/2024 Data Classification structure will change to a more unified 4-tiered approach.
4/22/2024 Endorse the first I&T Governance Charter.
3/28/2024 UW-IT will retire the central service for Husky TV in June 2024 and HFS will continue providing TV services through a vendor like Comcast, starting autumn 2024. These services will be available in the required public areas across all three campuses.
2/28/2024 Maintain UW-IT Audio Conferencing service for mission critical use cases.

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