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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 for intergovernmental data sharing by Harvard’s Jane Wiseman says we need to extend it to become a national data strategy that embraces states and local governments as well.
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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture should direct the Chief Data Officer to perform an assessment of current staff data literacy and data skills, conduct a gap analysis between the current staff s skills and the skills the agency requires, and establish a baseline performance plan to close the identified data skills and literacy gaps. (Recommendation 1) Open OpenActions to satisfy the intent of the recommendation have not been taken or are being planned, or actions that partially satisfy the intent of the recommendation have been taken.
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From Cloud Smart to the Federal Data Strategy, federal agencies have been on a path to rationalize, modernize and deploy emerging technologies to advance their mission. But COVID-19 changed that overnight. Instead of organizations tracking to their original digital journey, many needed to undergo a flash transformation to meet critical mission needs.
This unexpected catalyst for digital maturity was disorienting but it also provided technology leaders with the license to overcome legacy barriers to introduce new solutions and innovation to serve citizens, warfighters and the federal workforce. What may have hindered these institutions in the past and old adages of this is how we’ve always done things” no longer applied during the pandemic.