Senate Reference No. 03-7

TO: Fort Wayne Senate

FROM: Executive Committee

DATE: October 24, 2003

SUBJ: Mandatory Screen Saver Policy

DISPOSITION: For information only

The Executive Committee met on October 24, 2003 and approved the following request to the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee regarding the mandatory screen saver policy on IPFW’s campus. We are bringing these concerns to the attention of the Senate for information only.

We would like the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee to investigate the rationale of Information Technology Services mandating a screen saver for all faculty computers. We also have the following questions:

1. Is IPFW the only campus in the Indiana University/Purdue University system where this is required?

2. Is it appropriate for Information Technology Services to mandate screen savers on computers which reside in private faculty offices, and which are not publicly accessible?

3. Could Information Technology Services limit the universal mandate?

We are asking that the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee report to the Senate regarding these concerns by the January 2004 Senate meeting.

Approval to send to Senate for information only:

Approving Absent

E. Blakemore J. Grant

M. Codispoti

R. Hess

P. Iadicola

M. Nusbaumer

N. Younis

Approval to send to the Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee:

Approving Absent

E. Blakemore J. Grant

M. Codispoti

R. Hess

P. Iadicola

M. Nusbaumer

N. Younis