Data Governance Interagency Structure & Chart

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Executive Committee

• Executive leadership of participating state agencies
• The Executive Committee tasks the Data Governance Committee with Managing data-related tasks.
• The Executive Committee is the decision-making body for data governance.
• Data solutions are recommended to the Executive Committee for review and approval.

Data Governance Committee

• Executive directors and data experts from participating state agencies.

Multi-Agency Steward Workgroups/Subcommittees

• Individuals from participating agencies who work with data.
• Agencies manage and provide data for shared services when needed.
• Agency stewards escalate data issues to the Data Governance Committee.

Agency Data Stewards
Other Data Stewards when applicable*

Individual Agency Data Governance*At times, state agencies outside the interagency committee may be involved in shared services.

Coordination by Chairperson of Data Governance Committee

Executive Committee
Executive leadership from participating agencies.

External Advisor Committees

Policy Advisory Committees
May include executive leadership of other state agencies.

External Advisor Committees
For example, requirements gathering group.

Data Governance Committee
Executive directors and or data experts from participating agencies

Data Stewards Workgroups*

• Data stewards from participating agencies
• New Shared Service
• Data Standards
• Access Policies
• Changes to Data

Escalation flows up the pyramid with the executive leadership  having decision-making authority, and implementation flows down the pyramid with the data stewards being the  subject matter experts and best suited to implement processes and changes to data.

*Data stewards workgroups may be built around specific shared services projects, or around specific data issues that apply to one or more shared services projects.

Coordination by Data Governance Program office

Executive Leadership

Policy Advisory Committees
Internal and external

External Advisor Committees
Agency constituents and data end users

Data Stewards Workgroups*
People working with data on a daily basis

• Changes to a collection process
• Data standards
• Research and analytics
• Access policies

Escalation flows up the pyramid with the executive leadership  having decision-making authority, and implementation flows down the pyramid with the data stewards being the  subject matter experts and best suited to implement processes and changes to data.

*Examples of workgroups. Some may be engaged long term and others short term. They may include agency and non-agency representatives.