DJ Patil argues that Trumpcare would threaten the country's ability to leverage data to advance medical science, particularly in the fight against major diseases like cancer.

At the National Association of Counties’ Tech Innovation Summit, White House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil told counties data silos are the 'biggest blocker' for data-driven innovation.

​The goal of ubiquitous health data isn't to eliminate doctors or replace them with computers, White House Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil said Thursday, but rather to…

The data repository from the Department of Health and Human Services gets a refresh after being unveiled five years ago.

U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil hosted a Twitter chat Wednesday to discuss how the White House's Police Data Initative will work.

Kalin, previously the director of open data for Socrata, will oversee what Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker refers to as "America's data agency."

A new wave of tech disruptors is descending upon the nation's capital, bent on changing government. But what's really behind this movement?

DJ Patil, the newly appointed U.S. chief data scientist, wants to "responsibly unleash the power of data for the benefit of the American public."

Patil joins the Obama administration from Silicon Valley, where he worked for companies such as LinkedIn, Greylock Partners and eBay.