The Chief Data Office (CDO) provides data oversight and management, enterprise data governance, and Department-wide data stewardship for technology and business-related projects. The CDO is managed by the Chief Data Officer. They report directly to the Chief Technology Officer and executive leadership to ensure data is being developed as a viable resource for current and future needs both inside and outside of specific information technology (IT) systems.
The Chief Data Officer is responsible for the following:
- Acts as the principle data trustee for the Department;
- Develops and implements data standards, practices, and technologies which build the foundation to create an Enterprise Information Management Program;
- Works closely with the Chief Information Officer and business subject matter expert (SME) to develop data quality metrics, measures, and practices to improve the Department's data and to protect sensitive information;
- Develops, organizes, and implements data management standards, policies, and practices that outline and enforce rules of engagement, decision rights, and the accountabilities for the effective management of information assets to support the mission of the Department;
- Oversees enterprise entity repository, data catalog, and publishing primary identifiers;
- Reaches out to industry, academics, other branches of government, and the public to promote the Department’s data and data services;
- Attend events to promote the Department’s data;
- Develops collaborations that further development of data products and services that speed communication products and innovations to market;
- Manages open government data activities;
- Evaluates, designs, and implements common technologies and information management best practices that maximize County investments and reduce project and operating costs;
- Responsible for data reform and modernization for "fact-based, data-driven” decision-making; and
- Collaborates with the Department's and County's various information sharing projects and initiatives to create an information management strategy and to create data standards that facilitate information sharing and management.