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Governance Decisions

Last updated: April 21, 2025

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

Date Decision Governance Groups
3/24/2025 UW-IT is requested to initiate a central project for IT financial risk mitigation and stewardship, and I&T Governance Boards are directed to make financial risk mitigation the highest priority in 2025 work, if applicable.

3/19/2025 The Board charges CAS, CSE, and UW-IT with determining a funding model, and designing a centrally-supported service to enable university-wide access to the Gradescope assessment tool The service design, funding model, and transition plan should come back to the Board for review. 

2/14/2025 The UW should start planning the Discovery phase of SIS replacement for Board review. The Board charges ASA and UW-IT with drafting and presenting a Discovery plan for review by the Board. 

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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