NEW CDO Council Awards Program
By CDO Council · July 01, 2022
The CDO Council now has an awards program!
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Key Mile Marker Reached on Road to State Department’s Data Maturity
By Matthew Graviss, Ph.D., Chief Data Officer · June 21, 2022
The Department’s first-ever Enterprise Data Strategy (EDS) was a paradigm shift toward a data-driven culture, but the rubber met the road when the strategy began its implementation phase in October...
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Data Sharing Report Published
By CDO Council · April 21, 2022
The Chief Data Officer Council (CDOC) established a Data Sharing Working Group (DSWG) to help the council understand the varied data-sharing needs and challenges of all agencies across the Federal Government. ...
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Data Inventory Report Published
By CDO Council · April 21, 2022
The Chief Data Officers Council Data Inventory Working Group prepared a report to highlight the value proposition for data inventories and describe challenges agencies may face when implementing and managing comprehensive data inventories...
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Now Available: Summary of Responses from the CDO Council’s RFI
By CDO Council · March 14, 2022
On October 14, 2021, the CDO Council held a virtual public meeting.The meeting highlighted the Council's first year accomplishments, priorities, and working group updates...
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Building a Foundation for Better Wildland Fire Management Outcome Reporting Using Knowledge Graphs
By CDO Council · March 02, 2022
In 2021, the Federal Chief Data Officers Council conducted a pilot project to explore the use of knowledge graph technology and its applicability to data governance with a focus on wildland fire fuel reduction efforts...
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CDO Playbook Provides Guidance as the Federal Government Expands Use of Data as a Strategic Asset
By CDO Council · January 06, 2022
The CDO Council has released the Chief Data Officer (CDO) Playbook to help CDOs act as key value drivers as the federal government expands its use of data as a strategic asset...
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CDOC - Celebrating a successful 2021!
By CDO Council · January 03, 2022
As 2021 comes to a close and we reflect on the hard work we’ve put in over the last year, we can see the many ways the Chief Data Officers Council has pursued its vision to lead transformational change that improves the nation’s ability to leverage Federal data as a strategic asset.
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CDO Council Public Meeting recording and RFI are now available online
By CDO Council · October 27, 2021
The public meeting highlighted the CDO Council's first year accomplishments, priorities and working group updates. Additionally, large and small agency CDOs shared information about their data activities, the Evidence Act Councils shared about Federal data collaboration efforts and the CDO Council shared its Request for Information (RFI) for pub...
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CDO Council pilot uses NLP for Comment Analysis
By CDO Council · July 14, 2021
The CDO Council is excited to share the results of a pilot project that explored using state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to aid and expedite comment analysis in the federal rulemaking process. When a Congressional bill becomes law, agencies may need to draft regulations and publish them to implement those laws. The re...
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