Digital Government

Timeline: Rise of the Chief Data Officer

Charting the evolution of the government's open data movement.

Digital Government

Get to Know a Chief Data Officer: Niall Brennan, CMS

Nextgov sat down with five agency chief data officers across government. Read edited excerpts with Niall Brennan, chief data officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Get to Know a Chief Data Officer: Dan Morgan, Transportation

Nextgov sat down with five agency chief data officers across government. Read edited excerpts with Dan Morgan, chief data officer for the Transportation Department.

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Get to Know a Chief Data Officer: Deputy CDO Lynn Overmann, Commerce

Nextgov sat down with five agency chief data officers across government. Read edited excerpts with Lynn Overmann, deputy chief data officer at the Commerce Department.

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Get to Know a Chief Data Officer: Brandon Pustejovsky, USAID

Nextgov sat down with five agency chief data officers across government. Read edited excerpts with Brandon Pustejovsky, chief data officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Get to Know a Chief Data Officer: Scott Shoup, FEMA

Nextgov sat down with five agency chief data officers across government. Read edited excerpts with Scott Shoup, chief data officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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UK, US Most Committed in G8 to Unleashing Data

A new ranking finds the United Kingdom most committed to a G8 Open Data Charter, with Canada and the United States tied for second place.

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Senate looks at interoperability for electronic health records

Experts tell committee that business models, not technology, are the main obstacle to better sharing across systems.

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Donovan to Congress: Data Act implementation isn't free

The OMB director also asked House appropriators to boost funding for the U.S. Digital Service.

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Republicans Have Less Faith in the NSA than Democrats

And that’s probably good news for Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.

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Coast Guard's Fingerprint System Used to Nab Terrorist Suspects is Flawed, OIG Says

Personnel on Coast Guard ships use handheld devices to collect intercepted persons' fingerprints and images of their faces, as part of the Biometrics at Sea System.

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State plans electronic release of Clinton email

Questions remain about format as problems persist with the department's email system.

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Commerce Department's New Chief Data Officer No Stranger to Data

Ian Kalin, a former presidential innovation fellow, steps into the role as Commerce's first chief data officer.

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No, You Can't See Congress' Emails

If Hillary Clinton had stayed in the Senate, none of this would be happening.

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Customer Experience in a Dead Zone

On March 24, Government Executive and Nextgov will host an event to discuss the future of customer experience in the government space

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Study: Americans Mostly OK With Government’s Online Snooping

For the most part, Americans seem to have greeted the revelations about government snooping from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with a shrug.

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Hiring in Tech Should Prioritize Skill, Not Charisma

One of the most important problems in technology is hiring qualified engineers, and yet our industry is terrible at it.

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Federal 100: Catherine Marschner

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Federal 100: Mark C. Elbert

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Federal 100: Lt. Col. Mollie Pearson

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