Data Strategy Tracker
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The data strategy tracker highlights the progress made on year 1 and year 2 priority actions identified in the 2023-2026 Federal Data Strategy, a renewal of the 2018 Data Strategy Roadmap for the Federal Public Service. The tracker reports on the actions identified within each of the following missions:
- Proactively considering data by design in all stages of government initiatives
- Effectively stewarding data for decision-making
- Improving user experience and maintaining trust by enabling data-driven services through data that flows securely where it is needed
- Empowering the public service with the talent and tools it needs
2023–2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service - Canada.ca
Found 12 actions
Action: TBS will develop guidance on the accountabilities of Chief Data Officers
Area for action: Clarify data leadership responsibilities within and across the Government of Canada
Priority: Year 2 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: TBS will clarify roles and responsibilities, and interconnections between existing data bodies and activities
Area for action: Clarify data leadership responsibilities within and across the Government of Canada
Priority: Year 1 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: Central agencies will provide guidance on strengthening the consideration of data, such as the identification of data activities that are needed throughout an initiative’s lifecycle, to inform appropriate resource allocation
Area for action: Provide clear expectations from central agencies related to appropriate resource allocation for data needs and operations in program, policy, and service development.
Priority: Year 1 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: TBS will develop, and work with departments to implement, a protocol identifying and assigning domain data stewards across the public service with clear accountabilities for endorsement, approval, and stewardship
Area for action: Establish a data stewardship model for the management of data and standards across the federal government
Priority: Year 1 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: TBS will set expectations and work with StatCan and others to enable the use of common standards through the development of an evergreen list of standards for GC-wide adoption and scaling of StatCan's Reference Data as a Service
Area for action: Set expectations and implement common practices
Priority: Year 1 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: TBS will set expectations and work with StatCan and others to enable data discovery, integration and reuse by reviewing and developing information and data management policy instruments such as the Treasury Board Standard on Metadata, developing a FAIR assessment tool (easy to find, accessible, interoperable and reusable) and providing guidance on the evaluation of existing data for reuse
Area for action: Set expectations and implement common practices
Priority: Year 2 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: StatsCan will develop guidelines on building data hubs evolving towards more formal guidance in the Treasury Board policy suite
Area for action: Transform data into insights
Priority: Year 2 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: PCO and TBS will coordinate departments on a review of real and perceived data sharing challenges, including frictions in existing legislation, using concrete use cases leading to recommendations.
Area for action: Prioritize open and responsible data flow to improve service to Canadians
Priority: Year 2 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: SSC will pilot data storage and collaboration solutions for unclassified data that meet the needs of research scientists and are a first step towards exploring and validating infrastructure requirements to enable better data sharing across departments.
Area for action: Prioritize open and responsible data flow to improve service to Canadians
Priority: Year 1 priority
Status: In Progress
Action: ISC in collaboration with Indigenous partners will develop, and TBS will integrate into policy, protocols and guidance for the identification, sharing, management and governance of Indigenous data to support self-determination and data sovereignty
Area for action: Advance a whole-of-government approach to the management and sharing of Indigenous data
Priority: Year 2 priority
Status: In Progress