Federal 100: Rebecca Williams
Name: Rebecca Williams
Title: Digital Services Expert
Agency: Office of Management and Budget
Data guide. From the President’s Management Agenda to the Federal Data Strategy, improving the government’s use of data has been a key priority of the Trump administration. To that end, Williams has engaged experts in government, industry and academia and overseen the activities involved in achieving the cross-agency priority goal on data. Her 2018 accomplishments also include work on the Data Incubator Project, which allows the public to submit examples of data ventures that could help solve government challenges. Furthermore, her leadership was instrumental in the passage of multiple data-focused laws last year.