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The CDO annual report documents accomplishments and the Enterprise Dataset Inventory results of the previous calendar year. It assess current progress and shares the District's progress with Open Data and the Data Policy. This is the District of Columbia’s Chief Data Officer’s Annual Report produced within the of context the draft strategic plan for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). The Draft Technology Strategic Plan for DC: Unleashing the Possible, though still a draft, is providing direction and clarity to the agency, the District government, and the Chief Data Officer (CDO) program. OCTO is building on a strong foundation and expanding services to help DC Government by providing agencies opportunities to share, store and analyze data to uncover insights to improve services for residents; and the development of this plan has brought renewed energy and mission to OCTO, thus “unleashing the possible.”

The CDO annual report documents accomplishments and the Enterprise Dataset Inventory results of the previous calendar year. It assess current progress and shares the District's progress with Open Data and the Data Policy. Mayor Bowser is “making our local government one of the most accessible systems in the country.” To that end, the Mayor issued Executive Order 2017-115, District of Columbia Data Policy, on April 27, 2017, with the stated goal of leading the District of Columbia government toward more open and efficient use and sharing of government data. The policy established these principles acknowledging the value of data to the District and the inherent need to balance openness with other concerns:,

The CDO annual report documents accomplishments and the Enterprise Dataset Inventory results of the previous calendar year. It assess current progress and shares the District's progress with Open Data and the Data Policy. Since last year’s report, I was privileged to spend most of my work time serving as the Interim Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia, as well as Chief Data Officer. OCTO is a unique and special agency, with a breadth of responsibility that runs from complex statewide applications for sophisticated customers like the Department of Motor Vehicles to hyper-local hands-on tech support in the public schools. That acknowledged, I’d like to thank Mayor Muriel Bowser for trusting me to run the agency that has shaped much of my career, and thanks also to our newly appointed CTO, Lindsey Parker, for diving right into data and open government efforts and supporting our team.

The Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), within the District of Columbia (DC) government, manages the District’s data program. This includes open data, business intelligence, data curation, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The open data handbook explains the process and steps the OCTO data program undertakes when an agency submits an open dataset. More importantly, the handbook documents dataset rules, metadata requirements, and policies to make data consistent and standardized. This applies to any dataset submitted for publication on DC’s open data portal.