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A new survey conducted by the Data Foundation and sponsored by Grant Thornton and Qlik has found that nearly 75 percent of federal chief data officers reported progress in meeting the key requirements of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, such as developing data inventories and advancing data governance initiatives.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Michael Conlin, chief data officer for the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for his role in pushing data science in the department and working to improve talent recruitment to shift DoD’s culture. This honor marks Conlin’s first Wash100 win. 

A white paper by Deloitte and the Data Foundation has outlined the five measures agencies should consider to facilitate the implementation of the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary Government Data Act.

Robert Shea, a Grant Thornton principal, has said the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act mandates agencies to implement a new approach to assessing programs and appoint a standalone chief data officer, FCW reported Wednesday.

Deloitte's Center for Government Insights and Georgetown University’s Beeck Center have created a playbook meant to help federal agency chief data officers manage open government data initiatives.

A new study by Deloitte and the Data Foundation predicts the federal government may face challenges in implementing a law to establish an open data set to improve federal spending transparency, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The study states the implementation of the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of …

Bill Sullivan, a nearly two-decade GovCon industry veteran, joined global software services provider Cloudera March 2016 as vice president and general manager for public sector operations in North America to help drive the company’s open source offerings for agencies. Cloudera centers its open source services for government around the Apache Hadoop software framework to help agencies manage and …

A Deltek report has predicted that federal demand for vendor-furnished cloud computing services will reach $6.35 billion by fiscal year 2021 from $3.1 billion in FY 2016 at a 15 percent compound annual growth rate. The “Federal Priorities: Cloud, Big Data, Mobility, and Data Centers 2016-2021” report also forecasts that federal demand …

Grant Thornton‘s public sector business has released two annual surveys that show government information technology executives want to boost IT workforce recruitment and address challenges in IT infrastructure, management and processes. The advisory firm said Monday its Delivering Results While Preparing for Transition survey focused on 41 federal agency CIOs and other …