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Chief data officer lays out multi‑step plan for dashboards, warns sustained funding and governance needed

Task Force on Government Efficiency · December 3, 2025
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Kim Wise, the state chief data officer, told the task force that dashboards can improve oversight but only if agencies adopt data governance, consistent metrics and funding; Wise recommended a phased approach, data stewardship and agency ownership before public dashboards are built.

Kim Wise, chief data officer for the state of North Dakota, told the task force that dashboards are a tool in a broader performance‑management process and listed eight steps leaders must follow: define program goals, identify key questions, select measurable KPIs, document measurement methods, build technical pipelines, create dashboards, analyze trends and communicate results to stakeholders.

"Performance measurement gives us a clear data driven picture of how well programs are working," Wise said, adding that dashboards are only valuable when data are accurate, complete and governed. She warned that…

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