Committee contests IT firings<br>Sean Gaffney / Staff Writer / <a href="mailto:sg245204@ohiou.edu">sg245204@ohiou.edu</a><br>Brittany Kress / Editor in Chief / <a href="mailto:bk256403@ohio.edu">bk256403@ohio.edu</a><br><br>
Two technology administrators were wrongly fired in the wake of Ohio University's network security breach, a grievance committee decided earlier this week.<br><br>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.
<br><br>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.
<br><br>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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