Charge to ITPG Subcommittee on Administrative Systems Integration:

As departments at UCSB continue to automate their student records and administrative processes the opportunities for electronic information sharing, file transmission, dynamic access and, indeed, e-commerce abound. Incompatibilities in assumptions, technical protocols and data formats can substantially interfere with the smooth operation of administrative systems and present a difficult maze to students, faculty and staff.

This subcommittee provides a forum in which plans for administrative computing systems may be shared, protocols for electronic communications may be recommended and the format of common files and data elements negotiated.

Recommendations might be shared with the ITPG and the ITB or might just be documented as the consensus on how things are best accomplished. Areas of incompatibility should also be explored and documented and, where appropriate, shared with other committees and organizations for discussion.

Vendor supplied packages might also be investigated. Presentations could be arranged with results reported to ITPG and other bodies.