After months of collaboration, planning and legislation that mandated its existence, the government will soon establish its first-ever Chief Data Officer Council, Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent said Tuesday.
“Much like we operate human capital officers, financial management and CIO councils, there is a chief data officer council that will be operational very soon,” Kent said at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference in Washington.
The passage of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act at the start of this year charged agencies with improving their data use and collection practices through a variety of actions, including appointing chief data officers to lead their efforts. The Evidence Act, as well as further guidance published by the Office of Management and Budget in July, also called for the establishment of the CDO Council, to further advise the government across its open data efforts.
According to the memorandum, the council will meet regularly to establish governmentwide best practices for the generation, dissemination and protection of data; promote interagency data sharing and engage stakeholders from many sectors on how the government can improve data access and use. Kent added that the government’s recently-launched Federal Data Strategy also directs agencies to implement processes for their data management.
“So what I expect is over the next 12 months we will see those put in place,” Kent said. “Some have moved a little more quickly.”
Robust data is the foundation that makes way for the government’s implementation of strong artificial intelligence. The federal CIO added that the adminis ..
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