IT Policies Manual FY 2024-2025

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The City of Greensboro will also maintain an Open Data Portal where the City’s publishable data will be publicly available. The Open Data Portal will be maintained by the City of Greensboro’s Information Technology Department and will advise the Open Data Leadership Team on best practices for open data related projects and the requirements of this policy. Additionally, the Information Technology Department will assist in the implementation of open data projects through the Chief Data Officer and serve as the liaison with each respective internal department’s open data coordinators. 1. Datasets published on the Open Data Portal shall be placed into the public domain. Dedicating datasets to the public domain means that there are no restrictions or requirements placed on the use of these datasets. 2. The City of Greensboro will assume no liability for the following: errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the public data provided on the Open Data Portal regardless of how caused, decisions made or actions taken by anyone using or relying upon such public data; or any virus or other damage to any computer that might occur during or as a result of accessing such portal or the public data therein. The data provided via the portal are not the legal record of data but a selected subset for public use, transparency, and in support of city initiatives to provide the residents of Greensboro with information generated from city services. The City of Greensboro retains the right to remove data from the portal in situations that may include but are not limited to an issue of accuracy, outdated information, or legal issues require removal; application developers who use these datasets recognize that the data tables may be removed or updated as warranted. 3. The Open Data portal and all public data published on the portal shall be subject to the terms of use developed by the Information Technology Department. Such terms of use shall be posted by the Information Technology Department in a conspicuous place on the Open Data Portal. The City shall reserve the right to discontinue availability of content on the Open Data Portal at any time and for any reason.

ENFORCEMENT AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS POLICY

The City Manager’s Office will enforce this policy as required through processes and procedures outlined herein and as outlined in the Data Governance Standards document. Questions regarding this policy can be directed to the Chief Data Officer or the IT Project Manager. Please contact the Service Desk at 336373- 2322 for their respective connections.

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