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Commission hears three-year roadmap from city data strategy team
Summary
Staff updated the commission on a citywide data strategy developed with Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins partners and described a new data-sharing policy, three-year priorities and plans for protecting personally identifiable information.
Joseph D'Angelo, a member of the county’s strategy staff, told the Athens-Clarke County Commission on May 13 that the county has been working with Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins as part of the Mayor’s Data Alliance to set a three-year data strategy.
D'Angelo said the county convened an internal working group of about 15 people and two coaches provided by Bloomberg and Johns Hopkins, plus a consultant from Portlight Insights, to assess capacity across five pillars including governance, use, transparency and communication. “We worked with an internal team set of about 15 folks ... and then a third individual from an organization called Portlight Insights,” D'Angelo said.
The presentation emphasized a new consolidated data-sharing policy intended to standardize terms for external partners and reduce inconsistent, lengthy MOUs. “What that'll allow us is have a concise way to communicate with our external partners about what our expectations are around delivery of data after a project wraps up,” D'Angelo said.
Commissioner Thornton asked when projects would begin and when the public might see outcomes; D'Angelo said the work will vary by initiative. Some items are checklist-style and expected to be completed within three years; others will be ongoing or contingent on external partners, he said.
The team also flagged work on a policy for sharing personally identifiable information, noting limited state and federal guidance and saying staff will propose an internal policy to reduce risks to residents. “This work is ongoing, but we're optimistic that we can deliver a policy that’s going to be updated regularly,” D'Angelo said.
Commissioners asked for regular progress updates and were directed to an existing public dashboard at accgov.com/performance that D'Angelo said already reflects some of the normalization work. No formal action or vote was taken at the meeting; staff said they will return with timelines and, where appropriate, requests for authorization to engage consultants or implement specific policies.
