A Road Map for Chief Data Officers

Government Technology: The title of Chief Data Officer (CDO) is relatively new in city and state government, but one sign that the position is starting to mature and evolve is the formation of the Civic Analytics Network (CAN), a peer group of chief data officers from across the country. And a newly released white paper (PDF) from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s Kennedy School — one of the first efforts to come out of CAN — identifies some common best practices the network identified as its members work to improve social outcomes through data-driven government.

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