Committee contests IT firings due to Data Breach

["B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>]

Committee contests IT firings
Sean Gaffney / Staff Writer / sg245204 () ohiou edu
Brittany Kress / Editor in Chief / bk256403 () ohio edu

Two technology administrators were wrongly fired in the wake of Ohio
University's network security breach, a grievance committee decided earlier
this week.

Tom Reid, former director of the now-dissolved Computer Network Services,
and Todd Acheson, former manager of Internet and Systems, did not contribute
to network security lapses that led to a series of data breaches, which was
the basis for their firings, according to a letter from Administrative
Senate's Grievance Committee.

The letter, dated Oct. 1, also finds fault with Bill Sams, associate provost
for information technology and chief information officer, for failing to
address security and institutional problems before the network breaches.

The Administrative Senate Grievance Committee is composed of Douglas
Franklin, assistant dean of Recreation and Wellness and chair of the
committee; Anne Lombard, director of Campus Life; and Cris Milligan,
Mathematics Department administrator. The three interviewed Acheson and
Reid, as well as Sams, to evaluate the grievance, according to the letter.

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http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2006/10/05/news/15373.html

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