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,,The District of Columbia continues its strategic investment in enterprise data. These investments have proven to be critical in supporting mayoral initiatives, data driven decision making for District agency missions, increasing transparency and the more efficient use and sharing of government data. Through the use of both policy and tools, the District has been able to work more cohesively to collect, integrate and analyze its data to deliver valuable services.,In April 2017, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued Mayor’s Order 2017-115, the “District of Columbia Data Policy” (Data Policy), with the goal of leading the District of Columbia government toward more open and efficient use and sharing of government data.,

,The Government of the District of Columbia continues its strategic investment in enterprise data. These investments have proven to be critical in supporting mayoral initiatives, data driven decision making for District Government agency missions, increasing transparency and the more efficient use and sharing of government data. Through the use of both policy and tools, the District Government has been able to work more cohesively to collect, integrate, analyze, and govern its data to deliver valuable services.,In 2023, we achieved some great successes with our data programs and continue to provide data as part of the city's effort to enhance and improve digital services to District agencies, residents, and businesses. We focused on growing our data strategy to support the way agencies can utilize data sharing and governance frameworks to guide their projects to successful outcomes. We have been thoughtful about how we approach the use of generative artificial intelligence, balancing the need for guidance on the associated risks of utilizing tools and solutions with this technology against the benefits of how it can improve government services and the lives of residents and businesses. These tools and solutions are often only as good as the underlying data that powers the models behind them and therefore we know high quality data is key to the implementation of effective generative AI. We continue to work towards closing the digital divide through our efforts to promote access and affordable broadband across the city. Our data helped us inform the true landscape of the divide and as a result will provide the city with resources to support those who lack the use of what today is considered a technology of necessity. We have formed new partnerships with District agencies for programs around the city where data becomes the backbone for the successful outcomes of these programs.,

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. 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.