N-CATT Best Practices for Data Ownership and Management
Supporting development of best-practices resources on data ownership and management for the Community Transportation Association of America.
- Role
- Content development support and subject-matter expert
- Clients
- Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) · Rebel Payments, Mobility & Insights
UrbanLabs supported a project for the Community Transportation Association of America on best practices for data ownership and management.
The contract materials show work on outlining and formatting the resource, helping develop the methodology for the products’ content, assisting with drafting, and helping incorporate feedback into final versions.
This project is especially aligned with UrbanLabs because it treats data management as a practical governance problem, not just a technical one. Clear stewardship and ownership expectations help organizations make better long-term decisions about the systems they build and maintain.
Why it matters
Data governance is one of the quiet foundations of healthy public-interest technology. If agencies and organizations do not understand ownership, stewardship, and management responsibilities, even strong tools and standards can fail to produce durable public value.