Public Forum: Action Items for Implementing the Federal Data Strategy
This Data Coalition and White House Office of Management and Budget joint forum will provide an opportunity for the business, academic, and non-profit communities to offer feedback on the 16 draft action items in the Federal Data Strategy.
July 8, 2019 | U.S. Department of Commerce | Washington, D.C.
The Data Coalition and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are co-sponsoring a joint public forum on the Federal Data Strategy's draft 2019-2020 Action Plan on Monday, July 8. The forum will provide an opportunity for the business, academic, and non-profit communities to offer feedback on the 16 draft action items in the Federal Data Strategy. Implementation of the strategy will be undertaken over the next year.
The draft actions include broad priorities around data resources and tools, research access to data, developing data inventories, improving resources for artificial intelligence research, and setting standards for certain types of data. The actions also include directions for every agency to develop data governance structures, strategies for strengthening skills, and to begin the process of developing learning agendas and identifying priority datasets.
During the forum, registered speakers are invited to provide feedback on the draft action items, the prioritization and timelines for the actions, and other actions that should be considered. Speakers may be asked questions directly by the federal staff developing the final action plan.
Members of the public are invited to participate as either a speaker or as an attendee only. Note that speakers must register in advance to participate during the event, no later than June 28, 2019. At registration, each speaker is required to indicate that they are "speaking and attending" and provide a short description of the action item(s) to be addressed. Each speaker will be allocated a short amount of time to speak during the forum with federal government staff developing the data strategy.
Register Here:
https://www.datacoalition.org/public-forum-action-items-for-implementing-the-federal-data-strategy/------------------------------
Steve Pierson
Director of Science Policy
American Statistical Association
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-05-2019 13:42
From: Steve Pierson
Subject: DRAFT 2019-2020 Federal Data Strategy Action Plan
Dear All,
The DRAFT 2019-2020 Federal Data Strategy Action Plan has just been posted: https://strategy.data.gov/assets/docs/draft-2019-2020-federal-data-strategy-action-plan.pdf. There is also an associated call for comment on it, for which comments are due July 5: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/06/04/2019-11597/request-for-comments-on-the-cross-agency-priority-goal-leveraging-data-as-a-strategic-asset-phase-3.
There are sixteen actions: ACTION 1: CREATE AN OMB DATA COUNCIL
ACTION 2: DEVELOP A CURATED DATA SCIENCE TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING CATALOG
ACTION 3: DEVELOP A DATA ETHICS FRAMEWORK
ACTION 4: DEVELOP A DATA PROTECTION TOOLKIT
ACTION 5: DEVELOP A REPOSITORY OF FEDERAL DATA STRATEGY RESOURCES AND TOOLS
ACTION 6: PILOT A ONE-STOP STANDARD RESEARCH APPLICATION
ACTION 7: PILOT AN AUTOMATED INVENTORY TOOL FOR DATA.GOV
ACTION 8: PILOT STANDARD DATA CATALOGS FOR DATA.GOV COMMUNITY ACTIONS: CROSS-AGENCY COLLABORATION
ACTION 9: IMPROVE DATA RESOURCES FOR AI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ACTION 10: IMPROVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DATA STANDARDS
ACTION 11: IMPROVE GEOSPATIAL DATA STANDARDS AGENCY-SPECIFIC ACTIONS: AGENCY ACTIVITIES
ACTION 12: CONSTITUTE A DIVERSE DATA GOVERNANCE BODY
ACTION 13: ASSESS DATA AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE MATURITY
ACTION 14: IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE STAFF DATA SKILLS
ACTION 15: IDENTIFY DATA NEEDS TO ANSWER KEY AGENCY QUESTIONS
ACTION 16: IDENTIFY PRIORITY DATASETS FOR AGENCY OPEN DATA PLANS
Best,
Steve
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Steve Pierson
Director of Science Policy
American Statistical Association
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