NASA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) David Salvagnini will now also serve as the space agency’s first Chief AI Officer (CAIO), NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. […]
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is searching for a chief data officer (CDO) who will also serve as the agency’s responsible AI official (RAIO) and chief AI officer (CAIO), according to a USAJOBS posting. […]
After two years of serving as chief data officer (CDO) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Dr. Theodore Kaouk has moved to the new position of CDO and director of the Data Division at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – an independent agency that oversees regulation of the U.S. derivatives markets – according to his LinkedIn account. […]
As the government and Congress continue to grapple with the dizzying onslaught of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the management of its risks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has headed full force into in the AI realm – aiming to leverage the emerging technology to drive its mission forward. […]
The Department of the Navy’s chief data officer (CDO) said this week that his office’s number one priority is shifting the way Navy employees think about data. […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of creating positions for both a chief technology officer (CTO) and a chief data officer (CDO), a top TSA official shared today at the Digital Transformation Summit in Reston, Va., organized by MeriTalk and ACT-IAC. […]
Department of Energy (DoE) Chief Data Officer (CDO) Emery Csulak has left the government for a new role in the private sector. […]
The Data Foundation – a Washington-based think tank that advocate using data to inform public policymaking – has issued a new report calling on Congress to create a Federal Chief Data Officer (CDO) position. […]
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief Data Officer (CDO) Kshemendra Paul is leaving the agency at the end of the month, a VA spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
NASA’s Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Deputy Digital Transformation Officer Ron Thompson has retired from Federal service after a career of serving in seven different agencies. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) has named Emery Csulak as its new chief data officer (CDO). […]
David Spirk, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) chief data officer (CDO), is leaving his role today, according to Spirk’s LinkedIn. […]
The Department of Commerce has appointed Oliver Wise as chief data officer (CDO). Wise will join the Department on March 14 according to a post on his Twitter page. […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) announced it hired Russell Rappel-Schmid as PRC’s first chief data officer (CDO), and also unveiled a new service performance data dashboard. […]
Federal Chief Data Officers (CDOs) are the stewards of the government’s most vital asset, data. These leaders strive to improve the management, use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data in government decision-making. On June 24, a panel of Federal CDOs, on an AFFIRM webinar, discussed the challenges they face when dealing with data and the importance of data governance and management. […]
A new survey found that Federal chief data officers are showing signs of progress in implementing their new responsibilities, while challenges to the full scope of their missions remain. […]
Mona Siddiqui announced in a Jan. 16 blog post that she is stepping down as Chief Data Officer in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Chief Technology Officer, a position she has held for the past three years. […]
The Department of State announced the establishment of a Center for Analytics (CfA) that will be the agency’s first official enterprise-level data and analytics hub. […]
For the Defense Department (DoD), the Chief Data Officer (CDO) for the agency will be within the Office of the CIO (OCIO), Deputy CIO for Information Enterprise at DoD Peter Ranks said today. […]
A “year one strategy” on the Federal Data Strategy and a Chief Data Officer (CDO) council, like the Chief Information Officer (CIO) council, are almost ready for release, according to Federal CIO Suzette Kent. […]
With the upcoming release of the Federal Data Strategy’s final action plan on the horizon, Federal chief data officers (CDOs) agreed on Sept. 25 that the strategy holds plenty of promising features to advance their work, including an official CDO council that will help them share ideas and experiences. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in a press release today the appointment of Kshemendra Paul as the agency’s chief data officer (CDO). […]
The July 13 deadline for all Federal agencies to install a Chief Data Officer (CDO) has come and gone. Among the 24 CFO Act agencies, half have named a CDO and the other 12 appear to still be working on it. […]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo on implementing the first phase of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, including deadlines for naming agency chief data officers (CDO), creating data governance bodies, and developing learning agendas. […]
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the General Services Administration’s Technology and Transformations Services unit (GSA TTS) issued six requests for information (RFI) today identifying key areas for phase two of the Centers of Excellence (CoE) program. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working on a joint data strategy for the service branches within the department, said Michael Conlin, chief data officer at DoD. […]
As new laws and efforts emphasize the importance of data, agency chief data officers need to meet the workforce where it is and follow through on the implementation of their data strategy, said agency CDOs during a panel during DLT’s Federal Data Management and Strategy Workshop on Wednesday. […]
As the first chief data officer of the Department of Defense (DoD), Michael Conlin described the challenges of approaching a vast mountain of data from numerous systems at the Pentagon, and making it actionable information for the department. […]