{"id":10654,"date":"2015-06-23T19:06:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T19:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/06\/23\/data-officers-put-business-first-not-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:29:43","slug":"data-officers-put-business-first-not-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2015\/06\/23\/data-officers-put-business-first-not-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Officers put business first, not IT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chief Data Officer is a new role for the few agencies that have one in place and many are still figuring out exactly what their purview should be. 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