Charge
The committee is charged with providing support for scientific software packages for data simulation and analysis. Specifically the committee shall:
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Define the relationship between ENP and IT in this area and develop policies and procedures to organize software support.
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Identify software packages, both lab written and third party, that are commonly used for data analysis by laboratory users.
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Identify or assign staff or users to be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the individual software packages.
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Identify or assign staff or users to be responsible for the day-to-day support of the individual software packages.
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Provide mechanisms for management and distribution of information, documentation and software packages and to give notification to the users when updates occur.
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Provide mechanisms for the users to submit requests for support, manage those requests and identify responders.
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Revisit all of these areas on a regular basis so that they continue to be supported.
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Upon request by users evaluate whether new software packages should be added to the supported suite.
A PDF of the memo that established the charge is linked to below...