The PAT provides campus-wide representation and assistance in supporting the activities and processes that govern the development and maintenance of IT Policies. This group is part of the IT Governance structure and is a subcommittee of the campus IT Committee (ITC). The PAT helps IT governance ensure that IT policies are necessary and appropriate and that the development process is collaborative and transparent.
The major responsibilities of PAT are as follows:
- Identify needed IT policies, existing IT policies that need revision, and IT policies that are no longer needed.
- Track all documents in the IT Policy Portfolio, including procedures, standards, guidelines, and other documents not included in the UW–Madison Policy Library, as well as other UW–Madison policy documents that have implications for the IT Policy Portfolio.
- Serve as an intake point for IT Policy proposals.
- Advise on the relative priority of policies for development and revision.
- Create, review, analyze, and comment upon draft policies or policy-related documents to facilitate deliberation by IT governance.
- Steer IT Policies through all stages of the full policy development lifecycle.
- Maintain awareness of policy initiatives throughout UW–Madison and engage with sponsors of policies that have significant IT components and/or implications to ensure consistency with IT policies and appropriate support for the effective implementation of IT policies and processes.
- Guide IT Policy communications and engagement with the UW–Madison community.
- Maintain and iteratively improve UW-510 Policy Development & Management, which guides IT Policy development, communications and implementation.
The PAT is currently working on a variety of policy initiatives.