Responsibilities for Data Governance at UNLV
Executive Sponsors
Executive Sponsors are senior University officials with planning and policy-level responsibility and accountability for data including its creation and maintenance, within their functional area. They are the knowledge managers for the University. Initially, Executive Sponsors lay the foundation for the data governance program. These up front responsibilities that establish the structure of the program include:
- Establish the groups that will meet. They will approve roles and assign individuals to those roles, define the purpose and function of data governance teams, and ensure that education, documentation and necessary tools are provided to them.
- Provide policy and direction. The executive sponsorship group will review and approve data policy, and recommend it for approval by the University.
- Determine indications of progress. This group will establish appropriate business drivers, and determine how to measure success against them.
Ongoing role of the Executive Sponsors is oversight of the governance program. The individuals appointed as data stewards will meet as the Data Governance Council, and work toward the goals established by the Executive Sponsors. One aspect of the continuing role of Executive Sponsors will be to moderate any disputes between competing data stewards over data items.
Data Stewards will report back progress to assure that:
- Institutional data needs are met for both operational support and strategic planning, and ensuring that the right information is available at the right time to meet those needs.
- Institutional data security requirements are met, including monitoring for adherence on a continuing basis. Assure that each item of administrative data has been assigned to the appropriate security level: unrestricted, University Confidential, or Restricted sensitivity. See OIT Policy IS02, Information Sensitivity and Classification for further explanation of each category.
- Business processes within each subject area that assure policies regarding the accurate interpretation, responsible use and protection of administrative data in their functional area are operating.
- Shared data management issues among departments or administrative offices within UNLV are resolved.