[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11327-11329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05720]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Secretary's Order 02-2019--Chief Data Officer and DOL Data Board
I. Purpose. To establish a Chief Data Officer (CDO); to formalize
the Department of Labor (DOL) Data Board (Data Board); to create a data
governance framework for the Department; and to create strategic value
from data collected and housed throughout the Department.
II. Authorities and Directives Affected
A. Authorities.
1. This Secretary's Order (the Order) is issued pursuant to the
authority granted under 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.
2. A congressional statute obligates the Secretary to designate a
Chief Data Officer. See Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
of 2018, Public Law 115-435, 132 Stat 5529.
B. Directives Affected. This Order does not affect the authorities
and responsibilities assigned by any other Secretary's Order.
III. Background. Evidence-based policymaking has necessitated a
modern data infrastructure and strengthened data capacity. Across the
agencies within the Department of Labor, data--which are essential to
setting policy and delivering efficiently and effectively on the
Department's mission of serving America's workforce--are collected
every day. However, these data may not be leveraged, housed, formatted,
or made public in ways that best serve the needs of DOL or its
stakeholders. There needs to be a more central focus on the quality,
consistency, and availability of data to inform and influence how DOL
carries out its mission.
IV. Data Board
A. Purpose of the Data Board
1. The Data Board is a forum for DOL to work across organizational
lines to collaborate and coordinate effectively on data strategy,
management, and policy issues, as well as DOL data governance,
stewardship, architecture, and utilization.
B. Responsibilities
1. The Data Board is charged with providing recommendations to the
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and Agency Heads on the creation,
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implementation, and oversight of a data governance model that
establishes authority, roles and responsibilities, management, and
decision-making parameters related to the data created, collected,
managed, or otherwise controlled by the Department.
2. The Data Board will develop a comprehensive initial DOL Data
Strategy (the Initial Data Strategy). The Data Board will submit an
Initial Data Strategy to the Secretary. Once the Secretary adopts an
Initial Data Strategy, the Deputy Secretary will implement the Initial
Data Strategy through appropriate memoranda. The Data Board will submit
subsequent DOL Data Strategies (Subsequent Data Strategies) to the
Secretary as appropriate. Once the Secretary adopts a Subsequent Data
Strategy, the Deputy Secretary will implement the Subsequent Data
Strategy through appropriate memoranda.
3. The Data Board will serve as the principal entity acting on the
Secretary's behalf with respect to data governance issues. It will
establish, coordinate, and manage policy, processes, and standards for
the management of DOL data. The Data Board shall oversee Department-
level data sharing agreements with external organizations and across
DOL entities. The Data Board shall raise awareness and promote data
management best practices across DOL entities.
4. The Data Board will coordinate with the DOL Chief Information
Officer (CIO) in the development of modern solutions for managing,
analyzing, protecting, disseminating, and generating data. The Data
Board will use the DOL enterprise data analytics platform and other
enterprise applications when assessing or recommending changes that
impact infrastructure, platforms, tools, cybersecurity, hardware,
software, and/or standardization, and/or centralization initiatives.
5. The Data Board should convene at least once each month.
6. The Deputy Secretary will issue written guidance, as necessary,
to implement this Order.
7. The Data Board will receive assignments from the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary, and Agency Heads as appropriate.
8. The Solicitor of Labor is responsible for providing legal advice
to DOL on all matters arising in the implementation and administration
of this Order.
C. Membership
1. The CDO is a member--and the Chair--of the Data Board.
2. The CIO is a member--and the Vice-Chair--of the Data Board.
3. The Agency Heads of the following agencies should select a Data
Board Designee--who is at least a GS-12 or its equivalent--to serve on
the Data Board:
a. Bureau of International Labor Affairs;
b. Bureau of Labor Statistics;
c. Employee Benefits Security Administration;
d. Employment & Training Administration;
e. Mine Safety & Health Administration;
f. Occupational Safety & Health Administration;
g. Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs;
h. Office of Disability Employment Policy;
i. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs;
j. Office of Labor-Management Standards;
k. Office of Public Affairs;
l. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration &
Management;
m. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy;
n. Office of the Chief Financial Officer;
o. Office of the Chief Information Officer;
p. Office of the Solicitor;
q. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs;
r. Veterans' Employment & Training Service;
s. Wage & Hour Division; and
t. Women's Bureau.
V. Chief Data Officer
A. On January 14, 2019, President Trump signed the Foundations for
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 into law.\1\ That statute
directs the head of each agency to ``designate a nonpolitical appointee
employee in the agency as the Chief Data Officer of the agency.'' \2\
This Order establishes the position of Chief Data Officer.
Organizationally, the CDO will be in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy. The CDO will serve as the Chair of the Data
Board.
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\1\ See Bill Announcement, The White House (Jan. 14, 2019)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/bill-announcement-18/.
\2\ See Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018,
Public Law 115-435, 132 Stat 5529.
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B. Reports
1. At the beginning of the first quarter of the fiscal year and at
the beginning of the third quarter of the fiscal year, the CDO will
deliver a report to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on the state
of the data at DOL. The report will describe DOL's data-related
achievements and challenges in the preceding six-month period. The
report will also describe what steps DOL will take going forward to
improve its use of data.
2. DOL's CDO shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives an annual report on
DOL's compliance with the requirements of subchapter I of chapter 35 of
title 44 of the United States Code, including information on each
requirement that the agency could not carry out and, if applicable,
what the agency needs to carry out such requirement.
C. The CDO will brief the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Agency
Heads on data-related matters as appropriate.
D. The CDO shall be designated based on demonstrated training and
experience in data management, governance (including creation,
application, and maintenance of data standards), collection, analysis,
protection, use, and dissemination, including with respect to any
statistical and related techniques to protect and de-identify
confidential data.
E. Functions of the CDO. The CDO shall:
1. Be responsible for lifecycle data management;
2. coordinate with any official in DOL responsible for using,
protecting, disseminating, and generating data to ensure that the data
needs of DOL are met;
3. manage data assets of DOL, including the standardization of data
format, sharing of data assets, and publication of data assets in
accordance with applicable law;
4. in carrying out the requirements under paragraphs (3) and (5),
consult with DOL's CIO and any statistical official of DOL (as
designated under section 314 of title 5 of the United States Code);
5. carry out the requirements of the agency under subsections (b)
through (d), (f), and (i) of section 3506 of title 44 of the United
States Code, section 3507 of title 44 of the United States Code, and
section 3511 of title 44 of the United States Code;
6. ensure that, to the extent practicable, agency data conforms
with data management best practices;
7. engage agency employees, the public, and contractors in using
public data assets and encourage collaborative approaches on improving
data use;
8. support DOL's Performance Improvement Officer in identifying and
using data to carry out the functions described in section 1124(a)(2)
of title 31 of the United States Code;
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9. support DOL's Evaluation Officer in obtaining data to carry out
the functions described in section 313(d) of title 5 of the United
States Code;
10. review the impact of DOL's infrastructure on data asset
accessibility and coordinate with DOL's CIO to improve such
infrastructure to reduce barriers that inhibit data asset
accessibility;
11. coordinate with DOL's CIO to develop modern solutions for
managing, protecting, disseminating, and generating data. The CDO will
use the DOL enterprise data analytics platform and other enterprise
applications when assessing or recommending changes that impact
infrastructure, platforms, tools, cybersecurity, hardware, software,
and/or standardization, and/or centralization initiatives;
12. ensure that, to the extent practicable, DOL maximizes its use
of data, including for the production of evidence (as defined in
section 3561 of title 44 of the United States Code), cybersecurity, and
the improvement of DOL operations;
13. identify points of contact for roles and responsibilities
related to open data use and implementation (as required by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget);
14. serve as DOL's liaison to other agencies and the Office of
Management and Budget on the best way to use existing DOL data for
statistical purposes (as defined in section 3561 of title 44 of the
United States Code); and
15. comply with any regulation and guidance issued under subchapter
III of Chapter 35 of title 44 of the United States Code, including the
acquisition and maintenance of any required certification and training.
F. Delegation of CDO Responsibilities
1. In General--To the extent necessary to comply with statistical
laws, DOL's CDO shall delegate any responsibility under subsection (E)
to the head of a statistical agency or unit (as defined in section 3561
of title 44 of the United States Code) within DOL.
2. Consultation--To the extent permissible under law, the
individual to whom a responsibility has been delegated under paragraph
(V)(F)(1) shall consult with DOL's CDO in carrying out such
responsibility.
3. Deference--DOL's CDO shall defer to the individual to whom a
responsibility has been delegated under paragraph (V)(F)(1) regarding
the necessary delegation of such responsibility with respect to any
data acquired, maintained, or disseminated by DOL under applicable
statistical law.
VI. Exceptions; Administrative Matters. The requirements of this
Order are intended to be general in nature, and accordingly shall be
construed and implemented consistent with more specific requirements of
any statute, Executive Order, or other legal authority governing the
collection, storage, and management of data. In the event of a
conflict, the specific statute, Executive Order, or other legal
authority shall govern. The requirements of this Order are in addition
to internal administrative procedures regarding the collection,
storage, and management of data.
VII. Redelegation of Authority. Except as otherwise provided by
law, all of the authorities delegated in this Order may be redelegated
to serve the purposes of this Order.
VIII. Effective Date. This Order is effective immediately.
Dated: March 12, 2019.
R. Alexander Acosta,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2019-05720 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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