Our data is an enterprise asset
What would UW-Madison do if one of its buildings were no longer accessible or usable? Who on campus is responsible for ensuring the proper use and protection of our physical assets such as Bascom Hall?
UW-Madison buildings are enterprise assets — institution-wide properties with real and/or potential value. Similarly, UW-Madison data are enterprise assets. While many functional offices across campus are responsible for collecting, processing, storing, retrieving, and reporting data, our data should not be held in silos but should be shared across departments for its value to be fully realized.
The Office of Data Management & Analytic Services (ODMAS) houses a number of functions that bridge analytics, data management and IT functions at UW-Madison. Lead by Interim Chief Data Officer McKinney Austin, it centralizes an approach to data management that delivers necessary reports and analytics to all units in a method that validates, is consistent with institutional definitions, and is straightforward to access. It also leads and operationalizes the Data Governance Program at UW-Madison.
ODMAS Areas of Focus
Policies and Procedures
Deciding who is accountable for the data and data policies and crafting a data stewardship policy.
Architecture and Integration
Having consistent data definitions and data dictionaries.
Information Quality
Controlling workflows to ensure data quality and process quality.
Privacy, Compliance, and Security
Making decisions about what restricted and classified mean; how to comply with privacy and security laws (like FERPA) within data management plan.
Announcements
- Introducing RADAR!Looking for institutional dashboards or reports? Go to Radar, UW-Madison’s Repository of Administrative Dashboards and Reports, where you will find dashboards and reports created by UW-Madison administrative offices spanning curricular, faculty & staff, finance, research, and student data.
- ODMAS and RO to host UWRAP Release 1 Open LabsODMAS along with the Office of the Registrar will be hosting two sessions to provide hands-on help and answer questions users have about the suite of Tableau workbooks from UWRAP Release 1 (Curriculum & Instruction).
- UWRAP Release 1 is now Live!UWRAP Release 1 (Curriculum & Instruction) is now live! To see what new tools are available and which Query Library queries they cover, go to our UWRAP page.
