Data Governance Archives - Office of the Provost

Responsible Use of AI Tools and Institutional Data Security

Dear University Community, As we embrace artificial intelligence (AI) advancements, I am asking that everyone please take a minute to review our data secure policy, which is vital to keep our…

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Introducing Data Standards: Organizational Naming

August 20, 2021

As we work to make data more comparable and interoperable across the university, the Data Governance and Support office will be proposing standard representations for common data elements used by…

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Using Data Responsibly

When data are used responsibly, those utilizing it recognize they have an ongoing obligation to care for the data as part of their roles and responsibilities. They make ethical, conscientious…

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Consistent Data Use

When data are used consistently, the data are used in a standardized and documented way over time, and across all units of the University, especially to be explainable, fair, accurate,…

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Meaningful Data Use

When data are used meaningfully, the data have an documented, important, and useful purpose for supporting University processes, which in turn, drive informed decision making. Data become meaningful when we…

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Data Use Guidelines

In the summer of 2020, three teams were formed at the direction of the Data Governance Council, tasked with looking at data sharing, data handing and data usage. Our data…

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Proposed Data Governance Activities for 2021

January 4, 2021

The following items were proposed to the Data Governance Council as activities for the Data Governance and Support Office to undertake in 2021. Data Security Classification Policy Implementation project has…

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UR Data Strategy 2020-21

Vision: Our vision is that institutional data are securely accessible, understood, and trusted and are used in a consistent, responsible, and meaningful manner in order to increase interoperability, ensure reliability,…

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Data Principles

December 18, 2019

The Data Governance Council has endorsed the following data principles for the University. Principle statements: The University undertakes data policies, processes, and practices that reflect the following values: We have…

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Introducing Data Dialogues

September 11, 2019

In order to raise awareness of data governance issues and introduce some important topics to raise data literacy across campus, the Data Governance and Support Office is teaming with the…

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Employee Location Data Set

August 29, 2019

The university needs to be able to clearly identify and describe location data about employees to support day to day operations. Employee location refers to information about an employee that…

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Data Security Classifications

August 14, 2019

The Data Governance Council, the Operational Excellence Committee, the Policy Advisory Committee and the President of the university have approved the following updated Data Security Classifications policy. Data Security Classification…