Vice President for Information Technology Status and Activity Report for March 2020 Prepared by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology (VPIT) 1. Key Items for Faculty and Staff Meetings •
Network maintenance scheduled for March 7: On Saturday, March 7, EITS will be conducting maintenance on the University network. This maintenance is part of EITS' ongoing efforts to enhance infrastructure in support of business continuity operations and will improve infrastructure redundancy between both data centers and the Internet. As a result, there will be intermittent outages of campus Internet access and campus information systems. Because these outages will be unpredictable, the community should assume that network services will be unavailable the entire day. For more information, contact Jeff Farese at Jeffrey.Farese@uga.edu.
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OneUSG Connect unavailable during Georgia Tech migration: Georgia Tech will complete their migration to the OneUSG Connect platform on March 22. Similar to UGA in December 2018, this migration requires substantial effort to convert and verify employee payroll data. During this transition, USG will periodically restrict access to the OneUSG Connect platform during March. As this occurs, the system will not be available for use by UGA faculty, staff, and student employees. The downtimes will be Friday, March 13, at 6 p.m. through Wednesday, March 18, at 7 a.m., and Friday, March 27, at 6 p.m. through Tuesday, March 31, at 7 a.m. During these periodic downtimes, biweekly employees will need to record work time manually. Employees taking leave will also need to enter requests outside of these times. Supervisors will also need to approve time and absences outside of these times. For additional details and the latest information regarding these downtimes and upgrades, please see the OneSource website. If you have any questions, please reach out to oneusgsupport@uga.edu.
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Spring cybersecurity and ethics training required by April 30: University System of Georgia employees must complete spring cybersecurity awareness training by April 30. This required training takes place twice a year in April and October per USG policy and directive by the executive order of Governor Brian Kemp. The cybersecurity training takes about 20 minutes to complete and will be available through the Professional Education Portal (PEP) later in March. Cybersecurity awareness training is a critical tool in the University System's efforts to help keep critical data and sensitive information safe and secure. Faculty, staff, and student employees who have questions about accessing the USG Cybersecurity Awareness Training in PEP should contact the Human Resources Service Desk at (706) 542-2222 or e-mail at hrweb@uga.edu. For more information, contact Ben Myers at bmyers@uga.edu.
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Survey of UGA Technology Services to be administered: The Vice President for Information Technology will administer the TechQual+ customer satisfaction survey for UGA students, faculty, and staff this semester. The campus-wide survey is available to a random sampling of students and employees. They may note the effectiveness of many technology services at the University, such as network connectivity, websites, administrative systems, and wireless service. The results for the TechQual+ survey guide future IT initiatives at the University. For more information, please contact Lynn Wilson at llatimer@uga.edu.
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