Gregory Maciag: DATA Update - Support Decision Making

Saturday, 20 October 2012

DATA Update - Support Decision Making

The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) has been revised – but data standards are still at the core of the new legislation. The new version reduces the reporting burden on grant recipients.

DATA will soon be a fact of life, and a major factor in federal decision making and operations. Accountability and transparency are rarely cited as the lead reasons for using data standards, but only because commercial organizations tend to measure benefit in dollars rather than principles. Yet accountability and transparency – with dollar signs attached – are fundamental to good business management too. You need your data to stand up to query, so that you can trust in it and act on it.

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New Book

My latest book presents the challenges members face when adopting industry standards as well as the opportunities that come as a result. It features my discussions with many people over many years and follows the foundation I set in my first book "The Business Information Revolution".

Industry standards are never adopted in a vacuum. They become part and parcel of all the trials and tribulations managers face in their day to day work. ACORD Standards are always part of a larger software development project that brings along people, priorities and politics. Adopting industry standards isn't simple, but the benefits far outweigh the problems of building and maintaining proprietary alternatives.

I trust that you will appreciate my frankness, identify with some of the challenges and learn from what others have done to pave the way.