A newly released study by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General said the agency must tighten up the way it manages data strategy across its operations, but agency officials said they’re on it.
“DHS has a long way to go toward implementing its data strategy. As of April 2017, DHS had begun implementing only four of 23 strategic objectives of its Enterprise Data Strategy,” said the report, which was released Aug. 17.
The IG audited the DHS implementation of data policy on a number of fronts, from a 2013 governmentwide open data directive to a 2016 DHS enterprise data strategy that covers improving agency data, requires sharing across components, focuses on interoperability and the security of data platforms and calls for the building of a skilled data workforce.
