Meet The Impending Federal Data Strategy Deadline: Tips to Ensure Upskilling Success

The Federal Data Strategy’s 2020 Action Plan is essential for agencies to establish processes, build capacity and align existing efforts to better leverage data as a strategic asset.

The next deadline for Agency Action completion is September 30, 2020, which encompasses Actions 1-3 and components of Action 4. The remaining sections of Action 4 and Action 5 are due at the end of the year, while Action 6 has been delayed due to COVID-19.

In order to meet the next set of deadlines, agencies must complete Action 4, which requires agencies to assess the coverage, quality, methods and effectiveness of current staff data literacy and data skills. Agencies must also create a skill gap analysis to determine additional critical skills required among staff and develop a strategy to close the identified data skills and literacy gaps.