Data Foundation

OMB sees data-driven decision-making as key for better customer service in government

The Biden administration, in its push to improve customer experiences across government, is using data to pinpoint where those services aren’t meeting…

Big Data

White House touts CDO Council as ‘game changer’ for meeting equity, CX goals

Big Data

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Survey: Half of federal chief data officers are unclear about responsibilities

Open Data/Transparency

National Secure Data Service comes into focus through semiconductor bill

Federal Insights

Data literacy for government impact

Commentary

How agencies are actually using data and data science to evaluate programs

Management

CDO Council gets tips on how to recruit talent, share data across agencies

Big Data

Federal Data Strategy 2021 action plan sets cross-agency goals on AI, upskilling workforce

Big Data

CDOs making progress, feeling confident in role, survey finds

Big Data

Dusk settles over the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OMB memo elevates evidence-building as ‘need-to-have,’ evaluation experts say

Agency Oversight

Federal CDOs still lack clarity around responsibilities, report finds

Big Data

Doctor Nancy Potok is co-author of the Data Foundation's proposal for a national data service … and former chief statistician of the United States

Could a national data service help leaders make better decisions?

Leading thinkers have proffered the idea of a national data service. The Data Foundation says it would support the goal of evidence-based decision making.

Technology

A man wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Wednesday is Census Day, the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count, as the U.S. is almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus, but census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Census Bureau receives ’emergency’ approval to conduct pandemic survey

The Census Bureau’s efforts to get a snapshot of conditions under the pandemic comes a few weeks after calls for Congress to fund a “robust data infrastructure”…

Big Data

OMB’s data reskilling pilot to train executives as well as front-line employees

Hiring/Retention

The Office of Management and Budget will soon launch a reskilling pilot aimed at bringing the federal workforce up to speed on data science skills.

Data Foundation

OMB sees data-driven decision-making as key for better customer service in government

White House touts CDO Council as ‘game changer’ for meeting equity, CX goals

Survey: Half of federal chief data officers are unclear about responsibilities

National Secure Data Service comes into focus through semiconductor bill

Data literacy for government impact

How agencies are actually using data and data science to evaluate programs

CDO Council gets tips on how to recruit talent, share data across agencies

Federal Data Strategy 2021 action plan sets cross-agency goals on AI, upskilling workforce

CDOs making progress, feeling confident in role, survey finds

OMB memo elevates evidence-building as ‘need-to-have,’ evaluation experts say

Federal CDOs still lack clarity around responsibilities, report finds

Could a national data service help leaders make better decisions?

Census Bureau receives ’emergency’ approval to conduct pandemic survey

OMB’s data reskilling pilot to train executives as well as front-line employees

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