Reports of the Virginia Tech internal review committees concerning the April 16, 2007 massacre manuscript], 2007 August 17.

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Reports of the Virginia Tech internal review committees concerning the April 16, 2007 massacre manuscript], 2007 August 17.

The Security Infrastructure Group was charged with examining the university's existing security systems and recommending changes that would enhance the university's ability to respond quickly and effectively in situations where the safety of the campus community is jeopardized. This group was also directed to identify strategies that might decrease the probability of such situations occurring, looking at both technological and behavioral aspects. The Information and Communications Infrastructure Group analyzed and inventoried the communication infrastructure and information systems used during the crisis period, evaluated their performance, and identifies tactics and strategies for improvements. The Interface Group evaluated the relationships between the university's student counseling services, academic affairs, judicial affairs, and the legal system. It was charged with examining the existing systems and the interface between them and determining what constraints, legal or otherwise, hamper effective interactions in order to respond to and support at-risk students. Also included are statements made at an August 22, 2007 news conference by Charles W. Steger, President; James A. Hyatt, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Earving L. Blythe, Vice President for Information Technology; and, Jerry Niles, retired dean, College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences.

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Virginia Tech (VT), formally Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute and 250 acres of nearby Solitude Farm. The commonwealth incorporated a new institution on the site, a state-supported land-grant military institute named ...