When I began, open data was really controlling the conversation, and what started to happen in the wake of me starting was also a really big emphasis on financial transparency and high-quality open data. So the DATA Act happened before the Evidence Act happened... It was a great opportunity to get exposed to how many different parts of government get involved in a project like this - from budget officers to financial managers to procurement to financial assistance to contractor registrations.
Maybe because it was called the DATA Act, it turned into something that I got involved with. And it was an incredible partnership between me as a brand-new chief data officer and our chief financial officer, working through the implementation issues inside the agency.
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