{"id":20546,"date":"2018-08-22T18:08:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/22\/dod-names-first-chief-data-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:43:16","slug":"dod-names-first-chief-data-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2018\/08\/22\/dod-names-first-chief-data-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD\u2019s first data officer brings defense IT savvy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Michael Conlin will serve as the Department of Defense\u2019s first chief data officer, a DoD spokesperson confirmed to Federal Times Aug. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act made the chief management officer responsible for providing the availability of common, usable, departmentwide data sets and transparency of enterprise data,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe chief data officer will lead the extraction and analysis of data to support business reform and audit recommendations on behalf of the chief management officer and will lead the operation of a departmentwide data governance to oversee the preparation, extraction and provision of data throughout the business enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t