Primary responsibility for establishing the Enterprise Data Architecture resides with the Commissioner of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, who serves as the Commonwealth’s Chief Information Officer. The Commissioner is supported by the Division of Data Architecture, the Division of Enterprise Policy and Project Management, Subject Matter Experts in each of the individual strategy disciplines and other state technology organizations, colleagues in the Data Strategy community, and professional data organizations, such as DAMA International and The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI).
An Interagency Task Force (ITF) has been established to provide initial direction and approval of the KEDA strategy. This group will serve in a strategic capacity as the Executive Steering Committee of the initiative.
Governance of the Enterprise Data Architecture will reside with the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the Enterprise Architecture Standards Committee (EASC). These two will work together to establish data architecture policy and standards for adherence throughout the Executive Branch of state government. Where necessary, a subcommittee of technical experts from a representative segment of EASC member agencies will be called upon to further clarify issues and propose standards. Existing approved Enterprise Architecture and Standards are located at http://www.technology.ky.gov/policies/architecture_and_stds.htm. These standards will be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure relevance and updated as appropriate.
The role of ‘data stewards’ need to be established within each of the business areas and individuals need to be identified to fulfill that role. These individuals will have primary responsibility for a data subject area across business processes and applications and will be the ‘first line of defense’ to assure the quality of data is enforced and enterprise standards are adhered to. Their primary role will be to understand the data, business rules and toolsets in order to properly define the data and monitor its quality, accuracy, consistency, security, and privacy. This can eliminate costs, improve decision making capabilities and, over time, improve the overall efficiency of the enterprise.
The role of administering the Enterprise Data toolsets will reside within the Commonwealth Office of Technology. Some tools will be administered within the Office of Application Development while others will be administered within the Office of Infrastructure Services, depending on functional area of support (e.g. Data Profile vs. DBA).