Scenario:

You have recently been hired as a Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO) at a large company (You may choose your industry). This is a newly created position and department within the organization that was founded on the need to coordinate all areas of the business and to provide governance of the information. You will need to hire for all positions within your new department.

The company has been in business for more than 50 years and in this time has collected vast amounts of data. Much of this data has been stored in hard copy format in filing cabinets at an offsite location but in recent times, collected business data is in electronic format stored in file shares. Customer data is being storead in a relational database, but the lack of administrations has caused data integrity issues such as duplication. There are currently no policies in place to address the handling of data, business or customer.

The CEO and Board of Directors have tasked you to develop a proposal (paper) that will give them the knowledge needed to make informed decisions on an enterprise-wide Information Governance program for the company. 

Requirements:

1. The paper should include at a minimum of the following sections:

a. Title page

b. Executive Summary (Abstract)

c. Body

i. Introduction

ii. Literature review

iii. Program and technology recommendations

d. Conclusion

e. References

2. You must include at least two figures or tables.

3. Must cite at least 10 references and 5 must be from peer reviewed scholarly journals.

4. This paper should be in proper APA format and should not be more than 15 pages, excluding the title page and references.

Milestones:

Week 4 – A one-page paper describing the industry chosen and potential resources to be used.

Week 8 – Full annotated outline of the paper including sections to be used

Week 13 – Final paper draft

Week 15 – Completed final research paper

Week 15:  150 pts

Total:  250 pts