Suzanne Acar
Senior Information Architect, and Federal Data Architecture Sub-committee Co-chair
U.S. Department of the Interior

Tuesday 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Level: Data Management - Intermediate

As agencies migrate from a program-centric towards a citizen-centric environment where information is made easier to find, understand, and access, the quality of that information becomes imperative. Problems with data quality in a networked world can result in tangible and intangible damage ranging from loss of information consumer confidence to loss of life and mission.

Managing data quality is essential to mission success. It ensures that quality data supports effective decision-making and that data gets to the right person at the right time in the right way. Federal agencies and Communities of Interest often have a number of data quality disciplines at their disposal, but rarely will they implement all disciplines at once because improving data quality is a process and not an event.

The Federal Data Quality Profile is designed to provide the framework for consistent understanding and practices of data quality across agencies and Communities of Interest. It explains how systematic data quality improvement within federal agencies supports the objectives of the Federal Enterprise Architecture at every level, to facilitate better cross-agency collaboration. Suzanne Acar, Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee co-chair, will discuss government best practices for data quality and the intended outcomes of the Federal Data Quality Profile.