Digital Government
Timeline: Rise of the Chief Data Officer
Charting the evolution of the government's open data movement.
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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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