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What is Data Governance and why does it Matter?


  Date: 2011-02
  Author: National Forum on Education Statistics
Source: https://nces.ed.gov/forum/ldsguide/book3/ch_1.asp
  Domain: Processing Data
  Subdomain: Storing and Preserving Data
  Type of Resource: Reading
  Citation: National Forum on Education Statistics. 2022. Traveling through Time: The Forum Guide to Longitudinal Data Systems. https://nces.ed.gov/forum/ldsguide/book3/acknowledgments.asp. Accessed 4 December 2024.

This book chapter defines what data governance is and identifies several of its affordances–from improving data quality to increasing data usefulness to providing timelier access and enhanced security.

Keywords: Data Governance, Data Management, Data Stewardship



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