Council of Data Stewards

Please note: this group is in the process of being formed.

• Mission: 
  • Leveraging knowledge of governing institutional, system-wide, state and federal laws and policies related to data access for classes of data under their purview, to ensure consistent application of policy, as well as work through new use cases, to ensure consistent application of policy, as well as work through new use cases. (e.g., FERPA for student data)
• Responsibilities: 
  • Review and align data access procedures, workflows, and training across data domains as appropriate. 
  • For situations where data blending occurs across data domains, review requests and determine appropriate data access and classification parameters. 
  • Review data access requests that fall outside policy or represent a new or novel use case.
  • Review the impact of current and upcoming projects that effect data sharing.
  • Document and consult with a network of subject matter experts for sub-classes of data within each respective data domain.
  • Discuss and identify data access and usage operations and bring recommendations back to the ODC.
• Composition: 
  • Data Stewards from functional areas across major data domains
  • Chief Information Security Officer and Privacy officer as ex-officio. Coordinate novel privacy-related questions with Information Security and Privacy Council (ISPC).
  • Academic Ex-officio members will be invited as optional attendees representing the academic mission of the university and the responsible use of data to support it.
• Connection: 
  • Has a seat on the executive-level governance to ensure representation of its area’s interests. The data stewards should meet regularly in the form of the Data Steward Council to ensure alignment for data steward responsibilities on the topics of access, training, and change management across data domains. 

Cadence: Monthly meetings.

Data Steward by Business Domain