data governance

Want to know if your data are managed responsibly? Here are 15 questions to help you find out

COMMENTARY | Responsible data stewardship must take many factors into account including legal requirements, data governance, cybersecurity and user privacy.

  • By P. Alison Paprica, Amy Hawn Nelson, Donna Curtis Maillet, Kimberlyn McGrail and Michael J. Schull, The Conversation

Want to track pandemic relief spending? Data problems make that difficult, committee says

Tracking pandemic funds required the use of multiple federal, state and local data systems, a group appointed by Congress found. Ultimately, it had to contact state and local entities directly to gain a better understanding and fill data gaps.

  • By Natalie Alms

Don't call it data literacy, it's data proficiency

States can get employees successfully working with data by making the training process more approachable, data experts said.

  • By Chris Teale

What early adopters get wrong

Long-term smart city success is more likely when leaders take the time to establish data and tech governance frameworks with community input, one expert says.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

Denver taps into data hub for enlightened decision-making

A cloud-based enterprise data hub shows agencies what’s actually happening, rather than forcing them to make assumptions based on limited data.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz