SB 914 — Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; repeals sunset provision.

SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2023 SESSION CHAPTER E47 An Act to amend and reenact § 2.2-203.2:4, as it is currently effective, of the Code of Virginia and to repeal the third enactment of Chapter 314 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, relating to the Office of Data Governance and Analytics;

Chief Data Officer.pecialOfficer. Session IR O [S 914] L Approved L Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

E[S 1.914] Approved March 17, 2023 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That1. § 2.2-203.2:4, as it is currently effective, of the Code of Virginia is amended and reeDacted as § 2.2-203.2:4.

That § 2.2-203.2:4, as it is currently effective, of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.2-203.2:4.

"Board" means the Executive Data Board.

The Commonwealth Data Trust Bhallshall include data from state, regional, and local governments, from public institutions of higher ed1cation,education, and"Council"and meansfrom theany Dataother Governancesources Council.deemed necessary and appropriate.

appropriate."Council" means the Data Governance Council.

E "Group" means the Data Stewards Group.

R "Office" means the Office of Data Governance and Analytics.

There is created in the Office of the Secretary of Administration the Office of Data Governance and Analytics to foster and oversee the effective sharing of data among state, regional, and local public entities and public institutions of higher education, implement effective data governance strategies to maintain data integrity and security, and promote access to Commonwealth data.

The purpose of theiesthe to Office shall be to (i) improve compliance with the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (§ 2.2-3800 et seq.);

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The Office shall have the following powers and duties:

development5. of a comprehensive six-year Commonwealth strategic plan for information technology;

To assist the 6.Chief Data Officer and the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth in the development of a comprehensive six-year Commonwealth strategic plan for information technology;

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outcomes;undertake,8. identify, coordinate, and oversee studies linking government services to stakeholder 9.

To implementundertake, aidentify, websitecoordinate, dedicated to (i) hosting open data from state, regional, and localoversee publicstudies oflinking 3government entitiesservices and public institutions of higher education and (ii) providing links to anystakeholder otheroutcomes; additional open data websites in the Commonwealth;

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To implement a website dedicated to (i) hosting open data from state, regional, and local public entities and public institutions of higher education and (ii) providing links to any other additional open data websites in the Commonwealth;

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Report on the activities of the Office, the Commonwealth Data Trust, and the Virginia Data Commission established pursuant to Article 13 (§ 2.2-2558 et seq.) of Chapter 25 annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly.

(iii) administer data governance policies, of 3 standards, and best practices, as set by the Board;

(vi) provide to the Board any reports on the CounEil'sCouncil's standardsrecommendations and policieswork foras Commonwealthrequired Databy Trustthe resources;Board;

(viii)(vii) monitordevelop thenecessary sharingprivacy ofcaland Nethical standards and policies for Commonwealth Data Trust member-contributed data resources;

(ix)(viii) reviewmonitor andthe approvesharing newof Commonwealth Data Trust-managedTrust member-contributed data resources;

(ix) review and approve new of 3 Commonwealth Data Trust-managed data resources;

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The Data Stewards Group shall consist of employees from executive branch agencies with L technical experience in data management or data analytics.

Executive branch agencies shall be encouraged to designate at least one agency data steward to serve on the Group and may designate multiple data stewards as appropriate based upon organizational or data system responsibilities.

The Group shall (i) provide the Board and Council with technical subject matter expertise in supporEsupport of data policies, standards, and best practices;

(v) provide communication and education to data users on the appropriate use, sharing, and protection of the Commonwealth's data assets;

and (viii) support informed, data-driven decision making through compliance with Commonwealth data policies, standards, and Sestbest practices.

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In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Office shall coordinate and collabora4ecollaborate with, to the fullest extent authorized by federal law and notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, all agencies set forth in subsection A of § 2.2-212 and subsection A of § 2.2-221;

Interagency underdata anyshared statutorypursuant orto administrativethis lawsection governingshall thenot informationconstitute a disclosure or data.leaserelease of information or data H.under any statutory or administrative law governing the information or data.

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