The Office of Information Technology at West Virginia University provides services to support over 40,000 users. The CIO outlined key initiatives including improving information security, academic and research computing, establishing governance structures, and addressing challenges around funding, resources, and personnel. A comparison with other schools found WVU's student technology fee and central IT staff are below averages while the overall IT budget is close to the average. The CIO prioritized reducing duplication of services across the university's distributed IT environment through increased collaboration and integration.