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Government Executive email We may be entering a Golden Age of data sharing. Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government There were quiet celebrations a year ago as the long-awaited Federal Data Strategy and a 2020 action plan came to fruition. It involved hundreds of dedicated people across the government and the action plan covered 20 specific elements. But the federal data strategy is just a foundation for a potentially broader vision. A new report on the critical need fo...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Dec 17, 2020 Intergovernmental data sharing could enable “an entirely new way of serving the public [that] could leverage both the power of data sharing on the back end, and the front-end capability to make transactions easier on the public with digital services,” but it’s not widespread enough, a new report found. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted both the value that data sharing among government agencies can bring – more efficient emergency response, creat...

Why It’s Time to Get Serious About Intergovernmental Data Sharing The continuing problems with COVID-19 data illustrate why we need to do a better job. Initiatives by some states and local governments are showing how to make that happen and derive greater value. John M. Kamensky, IBM Center for the Business of Government   |   December 16, 2020   |  Opinion New York Times op-ed, performance-data pioneer Beth Blauer and epidemiologist Jenn...