Overview
Strengthening Democracy: Data and Evidence in Action
GovDATAx, the leading national data and evidence community conference, took place in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 2023. Leaders from across the data and evidence community joined GovDATAx to identify strategies that promote trust in government, national systems, services, and programs.
During the event, attendees were able to discuss key topics about customer experience, artificial intelligence, and stakeholder engagement across critical policy domains, including public health, education, and economic improvement. The full-day event explored opportunities for ensuring policy mechanisms support data, analytics, and evidence-building to improve outcomes for the American people.
Event Photos
Nani Coloretti, Deputy Director, White house Office of Management and Budget
Keynote Presentation
Keynote Speakers
Nani Coloretti
Deputy Director, White House Office of Management and Budget
Aimee Rogstad Guidera
Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia
Gillian Dorner
Deputy Director, Public Governance Directorate, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Speakers
Vipin Arora
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dominic Campbell
Senior Fellow, Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation
Amanda Cash
Chief Data Officer, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jennifer Engle
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
Natalie Evans Harris
Founder and President, Harris Data Consulting
Scott Gibbons
Chief Data Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
Barry Johnson
Director, Statistics of Income Division, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alicia Phillips Mandaville
Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Dan Morgan
Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation
Emilda Rivers
Director, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation
Diane Schmidt
Chief Data Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Max Stier
President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service
Mark Urbanczyk
Principal, Deloitte
Eileen Vidrine
Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Oliver Wise
Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
Exhibitors
Past Participants
Government
National Science Foundation
Department of Commerce
Missouri Department of Labor
FEMA
Department of Agriculture
Industry
Ernst & Young
Snowflake
Workiva
data.world
Tableau
Academia
Georgetown University
University of Pennsylvania
George Washington University
Arizona State University
George Mason University
Nonprofit
Pew Charitable Trusts
Urban Institute
NORC at the University of Chicago
Results for America
USAFacts
Agenda
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Networking Breakfast & Registration
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks & Opening Session
Nick Hart, President and CEO, Data Foundation
Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director, Public Governance Directorate, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
10:00 - 10:40 a.m. Fireside Chat: Realizing the Value of Public Sector Data
Eileen Vidrine, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, Department of the Air Force
Oliver Wise, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce
Moderator: Jory Heckman, Federal News Network
10:40 - 11:00 a.m. Fireside Chat: Effectively Reducing Improper Payments Using Administrative Data
Renata Miskell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy and Financial Transparency, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Dean Ritz, Senior Fellow, Data Foundation
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Coffee and Networking Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Panel: Data as a Foundation for Improving Public Trust in Democratic Institutions
Max Stier, CEO, Partnership for Public Service
Lynn Overmann, Executive Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, Georgetown University
Diane Schmidt, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Moderator: Kathy Newcomer, Professor, George Washington University
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Virginia Secretary of Education Keynote Presentation
Aimee Rogstand Guidera, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia
12:30 - 12:40 p.m. Morning Recap & Federal CDO Survey 2023 Preview
12:40 - 1:30 p.m. Networking Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Parallel Sessions:
Education and Workforce: Learning in the 21st Century
Jennifer Engle, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
Scott Gibbons, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Labor
Emilda Rivers, Director, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation
Moderator: Corinna Turbes, Policy Director, Data Foundation
Data as Social Determinants
Amanda Cash, Chief Data Officer, Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Alicia Phillips Mandaville, Vice President, Department of Policy and Evaluation, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Natalie Evans Harris, Founder and President, Harris Data Consulting
Moderator: Sherry Weir, Partner, Kearney & Company
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Coffee and Networking Break
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Panel: Effective Collaboration to Use Data and Evidence in Decision-Making
Vipin Arora, Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
Barry Johnson, Director, Statistics of Income Division, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Dan Morgan, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation
Moderator: Valerie Logan, CEO and Founder, The Data Lodge
3:45 - 4:15 p.m. Keynote Presentation: White House OMB Deputy Director
Nani Coloretti, Deputy Director, White House Office of Management and Budget
4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Datum Award Reception
Nick Hart, President, Data Foundation
