Policy mandates and directives such as M-19-21 and the Federal Data Strategy guide federal agencies to become better stewards of citizen data.
Agencies are now tasked with the onerous technical challenges of data migration, security, protection, and governance, all with limited resources. To be able to give visibility to your data and deliver on mission goals, you need to know what data you have, which is why the Federal Data Strategy lists creating “An Inventory of Data Assets” numerous times in its 2021 Action Plan.
However, building a data inventory is not a “one and done” event – rather, it’s a continual process that needs to be automatically updated to meet changing goals. By leveraging technology, federal agencies can gain visibility into their data, categorize data for content enrichment, and realize the potential of their data to provide real and lasting benefits for the public good.
ActiveNav’s CTO, Rich Hale, shared at the Digital Government Institute’s Federal Data Strategy on June 3, 2021, how a data inventory can be used to meet mission goals.
Session takeaways include:
- How to automate data discovery of sensitive data including PII, PHI, and HIPAA
- How to classify your data to improve trust in it
- Best practices for leveraging technology to answers the challenges of the Federal Data Strategy