§3520A Chief Data Officer Council

Summary

Creates a Chief Data Officer Council in the Office of Management and Budget. The Council must set governmentwide best practices for using, protecting, sharing, and creating data; promote data-sharing agreements; help agencies produce better evidence for policymaking; consult with public and private users about data access; and find new technology to improve data use. The Chief Data Officer from each agency is a member. The Director picks a Chair from those members. The Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government is a member, and the Director names a representative for Chief Information Officers and Evaluation Officers as an ex officio member. The Council must send a report every two years to the Director, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not later than 4 years after enactment, the Comptroller General must report to Congress on whether the Council’s extra duties improved evidence use and program evaluation. The Council ends and this section is repealed two years after that report is submitted.