SUS 7080 - Information Management, Technology & Policy

(4 units)

This course focuses on the information technology and related applications, ethics, and policy. The course discusses the importance of data security, information tools, citizen outreach through the use of technology, and related laws, policy, and rulemaking. The theories of information technology, dissent in government information sharing, the changes in information management policy, the structure of information systems, and the potential for information technology to create more efficient and sustainable systems delivery and communications, are explored. The course also addresses information access, transparency, privacy, and equity issues and implementation, evaluation, and planning processes.