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ED Office of the Chief Data Officer

, District of Columbia, United States • 11 - 50 Employees
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The Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO) in the U.S. Department of Education is responsible for managing and improving the Department's ability to leverage data as a strategic asset. The OCDO is led by the Department's Chief Data Officer (CDO) whose authority is partially set forth in the OPEN Government Data Act. The OCDO has oversight over the Department's information collections approval and associated OMB clearance process; develops and enforces the Department's open data plan, including management of a centralized comprehensive data inventory accounting for all data assets across the Department; develops and maintains a technological and analytical infrastructure responsive to the Department's strategic data needs, exploiting traditional and emerging analytical methods to improve decision making, optimize outcomes, and create efficiencies; and coordinates ED data across the Department, federal government, and public and private sectors. To drive these functions, the OCDO is comprised of two divisions, collectively developing, supporting, and enforcing the Department's data strategy, data governance, and strategic use of data assets:Governance and Strategy Division The Governance and Strategy Division is responsible for developing and enforcing the Department's data strategy and governance policies, managing and improving the Department's ability to leverage data as a strategic asset, and fostering a data culture.Analytics and Support Division The Analytics and Support Division is responsible for developing and maintaining a technological and analytical infrastructure to be responsive to the strategic data needs of the Department.