Experts outline minimum viable data governance to make reporting repeatable

Christopher Tull framed data governance as a practical set of steps rather than a corporate program, saying it’s about "deciding, like, what a value means, where it comes from, who's responsible, and how changes to that, you know, information, that data are handled." He recommended agencies identify data stewards (a role rather than a job title), make ownership visible, and codify simple SOPs that capture definitions, sources and query steps.