The annual event is casting "a wide net" next month, encouraging challengers to take on issues like unemployment, health care, education and digital access.

City and state officials say improving data governance can help government respond to crises like the coronavirus pandemic faster and with greater precision.

Martin, who's been with the state since 2012 formally takes over the agency’s data initiatives, like efforts to combat COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic.

With more than a dozen new state chief data officers this year, a Georgetown University think tank has released a framework to pass the torch on data governance.

Jeanne Holm said she wants to use open data to benefit residents and "invigorate" data-sharing inside city government.

There are a few ways real-time data could be used to assist policymaking and emergency response, says a former Seattle city official.

Joshua McGee, who's spent eight years leading state government policy research, is now Arkansas' second chief data officer.

Jason Lally, formerly the city's open data program manager, is now heading data operations across the San Francisco government. In 2020, he says he wants to help contextualize open data so it's easier to use.

Kristin McClure, who most recently worked at the professional services firm Capgemini, will now manage the state's data assets and infrastructure.