Open Data

Data-crunching spies of the future

The U.S. intelligence community is attempting to transform the way it uses and manages digital information.

  • By Derek B. Johnson

How to make the Federal Data Strategy succeed

A chief data officer can drive strategy and execution, but a vision where every employee is empowered by data requires leaders at all levels helping to create an environment where the right business and mission processes and business analytic tools become the center piece of decisions.

  • By Steven J. Spano

6 ways for government CDOs to succeed

The government agency chief data officer role comes with nuances, and to ensure success, officials need to be mindful of far more than simply structuring datasets.

  • By Alan Jacobson

HUD seeks vendor to help set up central data office

The housing agency plans to work with the Centers of Excellence program at the General Services Administration to manage its troves of data.

  • By Chase Gunter

Army previews data strategy

Army CIO Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford called the data strategy, expected in the next 60 days, "one of our top IT-related reform efforts."

  • By Lauren C. Williams

OMB previews next steps on data policy

The White House will soon unveil its plan for managing data within and across agencies, as well as guidance for recently passed legislation, per top two IT officials in the administration's tech management policy office.

  • By Chase Gunter

Tech officials huddle to implement new data laws

Agency tech officials meet with the Office of Management and Budget to decide how new data laws fit into their efforts under the President's Management Agenda.

  • By Mark Rockwell

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  • By FCW Staff

Census demo day showcases open data, AI tools

Open data is fueling federal, private and nongovernmental tech projects aimed at addressing challenges ranging from geospatial mapping and disaster recovery to health care to the workforce.

  • By Chase Gunter

Key open gov deadline nears with no public action

Can stakeholders and activists take this White House at its word that it is sincerely interested in advancing open data and open government policy?

  • By Alex Howard

How government data is at risk

Open data advocates and former government employees have concerns about the fate of open government data, in light of budget and budget and staffing cuts and topics facing increased politicization.

  • By Chase Gunter

Congress looks to make grant info DATA Act friendly

New legislation fills in financial reporting gaps in the the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act.

  • By Chase Gunter

How data analytics improves government responsiveness

Imagine the possibilities of better and more effective use of data analytics in the federal government.

  • By Andrew Churchill

Open data tools promote Census awareness

Tech groups from nonprofits, companies, federal agencies and universities from across the country unveiled various digital tools based on federal data.

  • By Chase Gunter
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Watchdog dings DHS data efforts

The Department of Homeland Security needs to do a better job implementing its data strategy, says the agency's inspector general.

  • By Mark Rockwell

VA's legacy systems aren't ready for the Data Act

A just-released oversight report reveals that the legacy systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs aren't ready to support many Data Act requirements.

  • By Chase Gunter

How cloud can take open data to new heights

By removing the storage and transmission barriers, agencies are seeing the use of their datasets explode.

  • By Jed Sundwall

What's coming in Data.gov's next revamp

Contracting documents indicate more automation, geocoding and open source are in store for the federal online repository Data.gov.

  • By Adam Mazmanian

Is Congress transparent enough?

Legislative data is public and online, but transparency advocates are looking to make more-granular aspects of the lawmaking process easier to track and understand.

  • By Chase Gunter

What's next for spending data?

Officials are continuing to iterate on Data Act reporting, and more granular, standardized government info could be in the offing.

  • By Mark Rockwell and Ben Berliner

Can tech geeks crack the codes of Congress?

A new challenge will call for ideas that use 21st century technology to reimagine legislative data.

  • By Chase Gunter