Law / United States / 
Ohio
Miami University, computer hardware and software acquisition
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
What it requires
- This binds Miami University and the faculty and staff who request software or hardware; a vendor meets it through the university's accessibility review of the product it sells (rule 3339-19-01(B)).
- If you are Miami University, review each software purchase, including free and educational-use software, for accessibility among the other matters the rule lists, before the purchase (rule 3339-19-01(B)(3)).
- If you request software from Miami University's IT services, include documentation of an accessibility review with the request (rule 3339-19-01(B)(4)).
- If you are Miami University, have IT services endorse each hardware and software acquisition request to ensure, among other things, accessibility (rule 3339-19-01(B)(2) and (B)(4)).
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What this law does
Rule 3339-19-01 of the Ohio Administrative Code requires that each software purchase of Miami University be reviewed by the vice president for information technology or designees for usage regarding legal, licensing, deployment tracking, accessibility, security and overall fitness for use. The software rule applies to all software, whatever its cost, including zero cost, educational use and general public use.
Requests for the acquisition of software must be endorsed by IT services to ensure technical compatibility, serviceability, accessibility, information security and fitness for use within the Miami operating environment. Requests for software applications must include documentation of an accessibility review, among other items.
Requests for the acquisition of hardware must likewise be endorsed by IT services to ensure technical compatibility, serviceability, accessibility, information security and fitness for use. The rule took effect . Section 3345.011 of the Revised Code defines a state university as a public institution of higher education that is a body politic and corporate, and recognizes Miami University as a state university.
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