Response of The MITRE Corporation to the Commerce RFI regarding Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset (CAP Goal No. 2)
Abstract
Government priorities, such as national security, economic growth, and government reform, require a renewed focus on a common asset: federal data. This includes not only better organization and sharing of data within the federal government, but also significant enhancements of current practices to enable the private sector to innovate using federal data. Organized and managed properly, federal data can become a significant national asset. Federal data efforts received a boost from the Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal of Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset in the 2018 Presidents Management Agenda (PMA). The overall objective of the CAP Goal is to develop a four-part Federal Data Strategy, based upon best practices and principles. This paper answers a Department of Commerce-issued request for community input into those practices and principles, and provides examples of use cases for the government to study. The MITRE Corporation is uniquely positioned to respond to the Request for Information (RFI) and assist with the Federal Data Strategy because of our unique vantage point as the operator of multiple federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). Per the Federal Acquisition Regulation, FFRDCs can have unique access to both sensitive government data and proprietary private sector data and both the government and the public sector have regularly trusted MITRE to access and leverage their data. Thus, we have combined and leveraged a variety of data sources in support of research, analysis, and the development of new operational capabilities on important national issues.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 27, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1125331
Entities
People
- Duane Blackburn
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation