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Kathleen Martin
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The Biden administration is calling on agency chief data officers to collectively tackle some major projects under the Federal Data Strategy.
Goals for CDOs in the strategy’s latest action plan include accelerating the government’s use of artificial intelligence and mitigating the impact of wildfires.
CDOs are also focused on improving the overall data literacy of the federal workforce, and giving federal employees an opportunity to develop new data skills.
For all this work, CDOs are still a new addition for many agencies, but are coming together to share best practices.
The Chief Data Officers Council now includes nearly 90 members across the federal government and spent much of last year developing a community of practice for its members.
Ted Kaouk, the CDO Council’s chairman, as well as the Office of Personnel Management’s CDO and deputy director for human capital data management and modernization, said the council also issued a CDO playbook to help standardize some elements of the job across government.
“We recognize and feel that we have a unique opportunity to build up what’s essentially a new profession in the federal government,” Kaouk said on the latest episode of All About Data. We feel that the federal CDO position is a pivotal and really transformational role that can significantly benefit the collection, organization, analysis and use of data at agencies, as well as improve its overall value to society.”
The council took several foundational steps last year, including launching a website, holding its first public meeting and issuing a request for information seeking feedback on how to deal with common management challenges
At the agency level, many CDOs have been busy standing up data dashboards, creating data inventories and training the agency workforce on data skills.
“We feel like CDOs really have to seize on that opportunity to leverage data as a strategic asset. They need to do things like build critical relationships to show value in the near term. Things like quick wins are going to help them build that momentum,” Kaouk said.
Continue reading: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/all-about-data/2022/03/cdo-council-sees-unique-opportunity-to-elevate-data-talent-across-government/
Goals for CDOs in the strategy’s latest action plan include accelerating the government’s use of artificial intelligence and mitigating the impact of wildfires.
CDOs are also focused on improving the overall data literacy of the federal workforce, and giving federal employees an opportunity to develop new data skills.
For all this work, CDOs are still a new addition for many agencies, but are coming together to share best practices.
The Chief Data Officers Council now includes nearly 90 members across the federal government and spent much of last year developing a community of practice for its members.
Ted Kaouk, the CDO Council’s chairman, as well as the Office of Personnel Management’s CDO and deputy director for human capital data management and modernization, said the council also issued a CDO playbook to help standardize some elements of the job across government.
“We recognize and feel that we have a unique opportunity to build up what’s essentially a new profession in the federal government,” Kaouk said on the latest episode of All About Data. We feel that the federal CDO position is a pivotal and really transformational role that can significantly benefit the collection, organization, analysis and use of data at agencies, as well as improve its overall value to society.”
The council took several foundational steps last year, including launching a website, holding its first public meeting and issuing a request for information seeking feedback on how to deal with common management challenges
At the agency level, many CDOs have been busy standing up data dashboards, creating data inventories and training the agency workforce on data skills.
“We feel like CDOs really have to seize on that opportunity to leverage data as a strategic asset. They need to do things like build critical relationships to show value in the near term. Things like quick wins are going to help them build that momentum,” Kaouk said.
Continue reading: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/all-about-data/2022/03/cdo-council-sees-unique-opportunity-to-elevate-data-talent-across-government/
