If education is the university's mission, then information is the most important product in which it trades. The appropriate use, storage and disposal of university information is of paramount importance, and is subject to both university policy, and State and Federal law. The Information System integrates many forms of information, some of it personal and private, some of it sensitive, and some of it public, and makes it available to authorized personnel to be used for university business. Management of these data systems is complex and requires that everyone who participates in using data be responsible for its security, confidentiality and accuracy.
Data management covers many general areas, which are treated individually in the links below.