Mission and goals
Understand the vision and goals of data governance.
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Data Governance
Guidelines and processes for handling data
Every day, data at the University are used. Whether created, stored, archived, reported, or deleted, data plays an important role across many disciplines. Data governance helps ensure that data usage is accurate and secure across the University. Learn more about data governance on the pages below, or see the latest updates from our office.
Understand data governance at URochester
Definitions: governance and domains
See a detailed definition of data governance, and learn about different areas that this governance impacts
Data principles
The Data Governance Council has endorsed the following data principles for the University.
Data use guidelines
Guidelines for using data responsibly, as well as consistent and meaningful data use.
Data sharing process
Comprehensive data sharing process and frequently asked questions to help you maximize the benefits of data sharing and minimize risk.
Data questions to consider
Before doing an IT implementation or, even better, before going out for proposals, the Data Governance and Support Office would like to suggest the following questions to consider.
Data security classifications
This policy applies to all information handled in the course of university business, including but not limited to education, research, healthcare, and administration.
Handling requirements, definitions, and guidelines for working with high-risk, moderate-risk, and low-risk data
Academic job codes
The Data Governance Council recently endorsed a new framework for creating and assigning academic job codes.
Data governance resources
Our data resources page contains information and links to helpful tools and resources related to working with data, including data visualization resources and IT web pages.
News and updates
Explore the feed below for the latest news for what is happening in the data world at the University of Rochester. If you want immediate updates right to your inbox, join our mailing list by emailing datagovernanceoffice@rochester.edu.
Announcements
Responsible Use of AI Tools and Institutional Data Security
March 3, 2025
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…
Data Governance
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…
Data Governance
UR Data Strategy 2020-21
March 4, 2020
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,…
Data Governance
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…
Data Governance
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…
Data Governance
Standardized Building Data
July 29, 2019
The University needs to be able to clearly and consistently identify and describe locations where relevant activities take place. As a first step towards a real master location data set,…
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Have questions or feedback?
The Data Governance Office at URochester is eager to hear information and feedback from the University community, including data users, data stewards, and those who work with, think about, or care about University data.