Data Governance Committee Overview

The Data Governance Committee is responsible for managing the availability, usability, integrity and security of the data in the enterprise systems at the university. The Committee works to make efficient and effective use of the data to help the university achieve its goals. It is responsible for overall management of the university’s data governance.

3/12/21 Bemidji MGDPA and FERPA Presentation
(prepared by Daniel McCabe, Assistant General Counsel for Minnesota State)

Data Governance Committee Working Groups

  • Data Identification
    • Identify institutional data
    • Assign data stewards and data custodians
    • Classify data based on System Office classifications
  • Data Definitions
    • Develop common data definitions
    • Ensure consistency
    • Verify data
  • Institutional Data Warehouse and Storage
    • Design data warehouse files
    • Build data dictionaries
    • Ensure appropriate data coding across various data files
    • Build data extract routines
    • Create a data warehouse
    • Establish appropriate policies and procedures to ensure data warehouse accuracy
  • Data Security
    • Develop appropriate security roles and measures for accessing data warehouse
    • Ensure security of data
  • Data Reporting and Sharing
    • Set appropriate census dates
    • Establish clear roles and responsibilities for data accuracy
    • Identify available and useful reports
    • Ensure accuracy of all compliance reporting
    • Data Literacy