Data Foundation

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

The CDO Council asked for suggestions on a range of topics, including how best to upskill federal employees to learn data skills and share federal data…

Big Data

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

Big Data

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CDOs making progress, feeling confident in role, survey finds

Big Data

(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

Dr. Nancy Potok

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?

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

Big Data

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

Hiring/Retention

IG: Cyber crime victims waited for up nine months to be notified by the FBI

Federal Newscast

OMB’s Weichert: Government ‘paralyzed by the embarrassment of data’ it cannot use

Big Data

Exclusive

‘Hero’ of federal management, DATA Act implementation leaving Treasury

People

Rep. Foxx planning ‘GREAT’ legislation to standardize grant data

The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Assistance Transparency Act expands on the DATA Act’s standardized federal spending reports.

Open Data/Transparency

DATA Act’s ‘gentle transition’ offers agencies option to dive in, dip toe in data

Five months after the DATA Act rollout, agencies are able to look back on lessons learned and what the future holds for standardized federal spending reports.

Technology

Hudson Hollister: The challenge of upgrading federal data formats

Federal Drive

The government has made progress in opening up its vast stores of data and getting it to flow. But, as it approaches 2017, it still has lots of data on paper or in formats that aren’t machine-readable. So the work continues. In fact, the Data Foundation holds its fourth annual Data Transparency summit this month, and the White House itself will participate. Data Foundation imterim president Hudson Hollister joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.