The long-awaited guidance for the data and evidence statute comes six years after it became law.

The Modernizing Data Practices to Improve Government Act passed out of committee during a House Oversight and Accountability markup.

The Federal Zero Trust Data Security Guide is aimed at “securing the data itself, rather than the perimeter protecting it.”

OMB has yet to release guidance on how agencies should implement an open government data law.

While OMB acknowledged issues raised by the Civic Hacking Agency’s gov metadata project, there are also real signs of progress.

The information will inform the Federal Chief Data Officers Council’s work to create best practices.

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

The think tank recommends the strategy be amended to address the lack of equitable data collection.

NASA is focused on engineering, operations and safety data, said Chief Data Officer Ron Thompson, who plans to depart in July.

State Deputy CDO Garrett Berntsen tells FedScoop his agency's Center for Analysis has focused "a lot of energy" on addressing its talent gap.