“Federal Chief Data Officers (CDO) examined the processes, technologies, and strategies that should be in place to help agencies not just manage data but master and leverage it as a strategic asset, during AFCEA Bethesda’s Breakfast Webinar series on June 15…”
“FDA CDO Ram Iyer explained that the administration has a broad mandate, and to efficiently focus on each command, the FDA is fragmented into nine centers. While these nine centers effectively meet their mission priorities due to the structure of the congressional budget, individual silos are created. And this became apparent during the pandemic.
There is a cross dependency between the various centers in the FDA. For example, there may be adequate tracking from the ventilator supply chain. Still, you need the lung medication drug that goes with the ventilator supply, and the data for the drug and the ventilators are decided in two different centers. These individual silos affect the cross dependency among the various sectors, and it could become unhelpful for patients and public health officials.
‘The overall value of data became quite apparent for us during this pandemic. It was clear from our structure and processes that when you want to share the data within the agency or outside of the agency, our processes were a little bit slower than we would like them to be,’ said Iyer.
Therefore, the FDA’s CDO’s office data management strategy aims to act as connective tissue between all agency sectors. The plan is structured into three components. The first is to deliver value through driver projects to inform modernization. The second is to promote consistent and repeatable data practices across the FDA. And lastly, fostering a solid talent network at the FDA…” Read the full article here.
Source: CDOs Implement Federal Data Strategies – By Lisbeth Perez, June 15, 2021. MeriTalk.
