Digital Government

Get to Know a Chief Data Officer: Deputy CDO Lynn Overmann, Commerce

Nextgov sat down with five agency chief data officers across government. Read edited excerpts with Lynn Overmann, deputy chief data officer at the Commerce Department.

  • By Jack Moore
Digital Government

Commerce Department's New Chief Data Officer No Stranger to Data

Ian Kalin, a former presidential innovation fellow, steps into the role as Commerce's first chief data officer.

  • By Hallie Golden
Digital Government

Census Needs to Straighten Out Plans for 2020 Internet Option, Watchdog Says

Five years before the Census is expected to implement its Internet-response tool, GAO has already noticed a handful of glaring blunders.

  • By Hallie Golden
Digital Government

Commerce Department Launches Private Sector Data Brain Trust

The members of the newly created Data Advisory Council stem from some of the private sector’s leading tech companies.

  • By Hallie Golden
Cybersecurity

Fake Dot-Gov Webmail Used in Phishing Scam to Hack EPA and Census Staff

Nigerian admits breaching employee email accounts to order agency office products that he then sold on the black market.

  • By Aliya Sternstein
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