Each US government agency must have a Chief Data Officer

The US government has mandated that “the head of each agency shall designate a nonpolitical appointee employee in the agency as the Chief Data Officer (CDO) of the agency” in a bid to utilise the power of data insights to improve governmental success. The new rules fall under 44 U.S. Code § 3520 – Chief Data Officers which sets out the functions, responsibilities and qualifications of appointed CDOs.