“Now, due in part to tools such as the U.S. Department of Education’s (the Department’s) Open Data Platform, customers and constituents can more easily find and use federal education data than ever before. The Department’s Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO) is asking for feedback on your experiences finding and using education data as well as your priorities for open federal education data through a new Open Data Customer Satisfaction survey. 

The Department’s Data Strategy established the objective to develop and implement an Open Data Plan detailing the agency’s efforts to make government data open to the public under Goal 4, “Improve data access, transparency, and privacy” and in compliance with the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary Government Data Act (OPEN Government Data?Act, also known as Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018) and the Federal Data Strategy 2021 Action Plan.  

OCDO is leading the effort to develop the agency’s Open Data Plan. The four goals guiding development of the plan (based on statutory requirements) are: 

Improve the usability of the Department’s data assets. 
Identify what data assets are being used, and how the data is being used.  
Grow the data inventory that helps the Department find and use available data to be more comprehensive. 
Create processes to improve the quality, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of the Department’s data. 

Please take a few minutes before August 31, 2023 to share your thoughts and ideas through the survey and continue to follow us on ED OCDO LinkedIn for updates on the release of the forthcoming Open Data Plan….”