Open Data/Transparency

• The information governance movement: Creating a masterpiece

  Tyler Morris, director of product management for Iron Mountain Government Services, makes the case that better information security is attainable by establishing an information governance strategy.

  Commentary

  July 07, 2015
• From CDOs to CIOs: Agencies must find balance between hip, cool and timeworn, true

  As more and more agencies hire chief data officers, the question arises, what’s the difference between data and information? And where does the chief information officer fit into the discussion? In the first part of our special report, Deconstructing the CDO, federal CIOs and CDOs agree there is room for both as agencies mature their use and understanding of data.

  Big Data

  July 07, 2015
• GSA’s Kathy Conrad to leave government

  As the deputy associate administrator in the General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, Conrad oversaw the development of key initiatives including the cloud security standard and Data.gov.

  People

  June 30, 2015
• Ian Kalin, Chief Data Officer, Department of Commerce

  The Commerce Department recently hired its first ever chief data officer. The inaugural role went to Ian Kalin. He's a Navy veteran and came over from the private sector, having worked at Google and startups like Socrata. There, he helped modernize data and transparency programs. His first day on the job was Monday. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on his new position.

  Federal Drive

  March 25, 2015
• Federal open source software activities are growing

  The wave of the future in government digital innovation may be in the open source arena, says Federal Drive host Tom Temin.

  Federal Drive

  March 24, 2015
• Matt Rumsey, Director, Advisory Committee on Transparency, Sunlight Foundation

  The government has started releasing comprehensive indexes of data showing how agencies operate and conduct oversight. That's in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Sunlight Foundation. It's been more than a year in the making, and most of the data has never been publicly identified before. Matt Rumsey, the director of the Advisory Committee on Transparency at the Sunlight Foundation, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on just what's in those indexes.

  Federal Drive

  March 20, 2015
• Agencies fail to make the grade on FOIA requests

  The agencies that account for 90 percent of Freedom of Information Act requests received by the federal government continue to struggle in processing those requests in a timely manner, according to a new report from the Center for Effective Government.

  Technology

  March 10, 2015
• OGE rolls out Integrity public disclosure filing system

  Nineteen agencies have already adopted Integrity, the new electronic financial disclosure program introduced by the Office of Government Ethics to help streamline public filing process.

  Congress

  March 02, 2015
• White House hires DJ Patil, jumps into the chief data officer pool

  DJ Patil is the first chief data scientist and deputy chief technology officer for data policy.

  Technology

  February 19, 2015
• Hudson Hollister, Executive Director, Data Transparency Coalition

  A call for more transparency in federal spending, the Taxpayers Right To Know Act would create a central database for financial data and performance metrics for every federal program. The bill cleared the House and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last year. But it has yet to have a full vote in the Senate. Hudson Hollister, executive director of the Data Transparency Coalition, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to offer one view on this bill.

  Federal Drive

  February 06, 2015
• Congress fails to revise FOIA despite bipartisan support

  By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for greater openness in government were frustrated after Congress failed to update the Freedom of Information Act despite bipartisan support in the House and Senate. Without…

  Congress

  December 13, 2014
• Jason Miller, executive editor, Federal News Radio

  It even sounds complicated: making information resources assessible, discoverable, and usable by the public, and making open and machine readable the new default for government information. But that's what the White House ordered in May of 2013. Now agencies are finally getting their heads around how best to meet the requirements of the open data policy. Several agencies realize what's needed is a combination of policy and action. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details about the plans of some agencies to meet this 18-month-old policy.

  Federal Drive

  December 12, 2014
• Agencies have a long way to go to reach data-centricity

  USDA, DHS and Transportation are taking steps to implement OMB's May 2013 open data policy. Each agency faces policy and process challenges, but they say progress is starting.

  Technology

  December 12, 2014
• White House crowdsources open-government playbook

  In writing a new tipsheet for agencies about engaging the public, the White House is practicing what it's preaching.

  Technology

  November 26, 2014