How do University data and computing policies and guidelines get created?
Draft policies and guidelines developed by the University’s Policy Subcommittee which reports to the Information Technology Council (i.e., ITC), a group of upper management responsible for information technology direction at the University. The draft policies and guidelines are distributed to the ITC, the University’s General Counsel Office and Campuses for comment. Comments are reviewed, drafts updated as needed and the final guidelines are submitted to the ITC for approval. Once policies are approved by the ITC they are submitted to the University’s Board of Trustees for final approval. Once guidelines are approved, the University Chief Information Officer distributes them to the Chancellors indicating when the guidelines become effective and that campuses need to develop, implement and disseminate procedures which comply with the specific guidelines. The above noted Policies and Guidelines have been approved and can be viewed at: UMass Data and Computing Policies.
