Texas A&M Taps Private Partner for SIS Audit and Compliance
The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) has negotiated a master professional services contract with an
IT consulting firm, with the goal of enabling all TAMUS members to
reduce the operating costs of student information system (SIS) services
and improve support for audit and compliance functions.
Several TAMUS campuses have already been using the services of Columbia Advisory Group (CAG) to help reduce SIS costs. With this new agreement, all TAMUS
members will now have the opportunity "to use CAG services to help
lower the cost of tracking student information, including applications,
financial aid and other student data," according to a news release from
CAG and TAMUS.
CAG conducts detailed analysis of its clients' IT
systems and offers solutions to IT issues, including SIS management,
audit remediation and leadership and governance services. "The company
is known for working with difficult and demanding IT problems in a
variety of economic, regulatory and budgetary environments," according
to information from CAG.
Mark Stone, chief information officer
for TAMUS, estimated that CAG could help the university system reduce
the cost of tracking student information by 30 percent on average.
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Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].