44 USC 3520 – Chief Data Officers
(a)
Terms Used In 44 USC 3520
- agency: means any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include&mdash. See 44 USC 3502
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- data: means recorded information, regardless of form or the media on which the data is recorded. See 44 USC 3502
- data asset: means a collection of data elements or data sets that may be grouped together. See 44 USC 3502
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
- officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- statistical laws: means subchapter III of this chapter and other laws pertaining to the protection of information collected for statistical purposes as designated by the Director. See 44 USC 3502
(b)
(c)
(1) be responsible for lifecycle data management;
(2) coordinate with any official in the agency responsible for using, protecting, disseminating, and generating data to ensure that the data needs of the agency are met;
(3) manage data assets of the agency, including the standardization of data format, sharing of data assets, and publication of data assets in accordance with applicable law;
(4) in carrying out the requirements under paragraphs (3) and (5), consult with any statistical official of the agency (as designated under section 314 of title 5);
(5) carry out the requirements of the agency under subsections (b) through (d), (f), and (i) of section 3506, section 3507, and section 3511;
(6) ensure that, to the extent practicable, agency data conforms with data management best practices;
(7) engage agency employees, the public, and contractors in using public data assets and encourage collaborative approaches on improving data use;
(8) support the Performance Improvement Officer of the agency in identifying and using data to carry out the functions described in section 1124(a)(2) of title 31;
(9) support the Evaluation Officer of the agency in obtaining data to carry out the functions described in section 313(d) of title 5;
(10) review the impact of the infrastructure of the agency on data asset accessibility and coordinate with the Chief Information Officer of the agency to improve such infrastructure to reduce barriers that inhibit data asset accessibility;
(11) ensure that, to the extent practicable, the agency maximizes the use of data in the agency, including for the production of evidence (as defined in section 3561), cybersecurity, and the improvement of agency operations;
(12) identify points of contact for roles and responsibilities related to open data use and implementation (as required by the Director);
(13) serve as the agency liaison to other agencies and the Office of Management and Budget on the best way to use existing agency data for statistical purposes (as defined in section 3561); and
(14) comply with any regulation and guidance issued under subchapter III, including the acquisition and maintenance of any required certification and training.
(d)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(e)