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OPM data officer urges updating agency list and repealing one annual report to committee
Summary
The state's chief data officer described two technical changes in SB 1431: updating the definition of "executive branch agency" used in data governance statutes to reflect newly created or restructured agencies, and repealing an annual legal‑issues report on interagency data sharing that duplicates other submissions.
Scott Gall, Connecticut’s Chief Data Officer at the Office of Policy and Management, asked the GAE panel to approve technical updates in Senate Bill 1431 related to data governance.
Gall said the bill would modernize the statutory definition of "executive branch agency" used in the state’s data‑governance statutes so it reflects the current agency structure, and it would repeal a redundant annual report on legal issues in interagency data sharing that the office has been filing despite the content overlapping with the state data plan and other materials. He told the committee the agency list in statute is out of date and that aligning the definitions will make data and IT policy work more seamless across state government.
Gall requested the committee to consider removing the annual legal‑issues report requirement — he described it as likely intended originally as a one‑time submission — while pledging to continue to provide the state data plan and other materials the committee already receives.
Ending: The committee asked Gall where the reports are posted; he said OPM posts the reports on its website and will work with committee staff if the committee wants the report to continue or be modified.
