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For immediate release: March 11, 2009
Contact: Shawn Karrick
NASCIO Identifies Maturity Models to Advance Data Governance
(Lexington, KY) – The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) is pleased to announce the release of its new research brief, “Data Governance Part II: Maturity Models – A Path to Progress”.
NASCIO is continuing to build its series on enterprise IT governance and data governance in particular. The survey of maturity models presented sets the vision for data governance. In characterizing the various levels of maturity, maturity models outline the path or the journey toward effective data governance, and management of state government knowledge assets. This issue brief is available at: www.nascio.org/publications.
“We’ve outlined a number of maturity models – each one brings perspectives, characteristics, and issues that can be anticipated as state government addresses data governance,” said Oregon CIO Dugan Petty, Co-Chair of the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture & Governance Committee. “Our goal is to continually improve management of state government information and knowledge assets. We believe proper management of these assets has a huge impact on the effectiveness of state government in serving citizens. Effective management of information and knowledge assets requires proper governance to ensure the quality of that information. Further, we need to ensure that information assets are properly valued and protected. That is our role as stewards of citizen information.”
“We’re continuing to build on our theme of Enterprise Governance as a critical ingredient for making state government work effectively,” said Steve Fletcher, CIO for the state of Utah. Steve Fletcher is Vice President of NASCIO and also Co-Chair of the NASCIO Enterprise Architecture & Governance Committee. “The citizen must be able to experience a collaborative, integrated government – one state government. So how do you make that happen? Part of the answer is to proactively manage state government information as an enterprise asset – a resource that is shared across government to ensure government agencies are working in concert to benefit the citizen. That information must be maintained to ensure it is accurate. More and more decision making and service delivery requires cross agency collaboration. The information used by multiple agencies should be accurate, complete and not conflict. Data governance is a discipline for bringing together the right people, the right processes and the right technology to make that happen. Maturity models contribute to that end by presented the milestones we’re after, the journey we need take to reach the higher levels of data governance.”
NASCIO is the premier network and resource for state CIOs and a leading advocate for technology policy at all levels of government. NASCIO represents state chief information officers and information technology executives from the states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The primary state government members are senior officials who have executive level and statewide responsibility for information technology leadership. State officials who are involved in agency level information technology management may participate as state members. Representatives from other public sector and non-profit organizations may also participate as associate members. Private sector firms may join as corporate members and participate in the Corporate Leadership Council. For more information about NASCIO visit www.nascio.org.
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For more information, please contact Eric Sweden, NASCIO Enterprise Architect, at (859) 514-9189 or esweden@AMRms.com, or NASCIO Membership and Communications Coordinator, Shawn Karrick, at (859) 514-9156 or skarrick@AMRms.com.
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