The nonprofit says establishing the role would improve the visibility and capabilities of agency CDOs.

The Financial Data Transparency Act would give them four years to open the data in a machine-readable format.

Karin Orvis is tasked with ensuring the government has high-quality, actionable data to inform policy decisions.

The effort builds on work to increase governmentwide use of evidence to make policy and program decisions and restore trust in government.

Linking digital records around the same person is key to streamlining the processing of immigration benefits.

The nearly two-year vacancy has seen every Evidence Act regulatory action fall behind schedule.

A new report from the Data Foundation and Grant Thornton identifies a need for clearer guidance on when information must be communicated to the executive branch.  

Advisers describe new difficulties faced by CDOs over the last 18 months.

OMB acknowledges that agencies need resources to make evaluation a 'central function'.

Chief data officers, statistical officials and evaluation officers have mostly been designated and are collaborating on councils, according to one OMB official.