Organizations  are struggling to reduce and right-size their information footprint,  using data governance techniques like data cleansing and de-duplication.  Why is this effort necessary?  Briefly explain and support using APA  style citations. Remember to appropriately respond to two other learners  for full credit.

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least two of the following:

• Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic 
• Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor 
• Provide extensive additional information on the topic
• Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
• Share an applicable personal experience
• Provide  an outside source (for example, an article from the UC Library) that  applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic  or the source (please cite properly in APA)
• Make an argument concerning the topic

At  least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion  thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources  from the UC Library. Use proper citations and references in your post.