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State chief data officer outlines data and AI strategy, requests governance tools and staffing
Summary
Chief Data Officer Rebecca Cai told the IT Steering Committee that the data and AI program has completed several deliverables and is seeking tools for master data management, data governance and a statewide data platform, and that additional staff will be needed beyond the current two‑person team.
Rebecca Cai, the state’s Chief Data Officer, briefed the Information Technology Steering Committee on Jan. 14 on the Office of Enterprise Technology Services’ data and AI strategy, including completed deliverables, an architecture vision and near‑term tool and staffing needs.
“We are a team of 2, including me,” Cai said at the start of her presentation, summarizing 2024 progress and the road map for 2025. She listed 14 deliverables tied to a five‑goal strategy; Cai said 10 deliverables were completed in 2024 and four were scheduled for 2025, including a data and AI glossary and data‑literacy training published on data.hawaii.gov.
Why it matters: Cai said a shared statewide data platform, master data management and data governance tools would reduce duplicate work, improve data quality, and make shared datasets available for decision‑making across departments while protecting privacy and security.
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