STATISTICS COLLOQUIUM
Tyler Kleykamp
Chief Data Officer, State of Connecticut
The Emerging Role of Data in Government
Governments collect large amounts of data in order to manage a variety of public programs. Until recently however, there has been little effort to leverage this data beyond administering the program or service for which is collected. Governments at all levels, both in the U.S. and internationally, are in the early stages of leveraging data as a strategic asset to address pressing policy issues, improve efficiency, enhance service delivery, and ultimately improve people’s quality of life. Tyler will discuss some of the broad trends across government in the use of data with an emphasis on open data. This will include an overview of the Connecticut Open Data Portal (https://data.ct.gov) and provide some specific examples of how open data is being used both by the public and by state agencies. In addition, Tyler will address some of the challenges governments face in using data; and how the public can benefit from increased access to open government data.
Friday, April 20, 2018 • 11:00 AM • AUST 163
Coffee will be served in AUST 326 at 10:30 am
Tyler Kleykamp is the State of Connecticut’s Chief Data Officer, within the Office of Policy and Management (OPM); and is responsible for directing, managing, and overseeing staff and activities related to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of the State's enterprise information assets. In doing so, he leads the State’s efforts to use data to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and policies. Tyler has previously served as Chair of the Connecticut Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Council as well as the State GIS Coordinator. In addition, he has led numerous initiatives to improve data and information sharing including; emergency management and disaster response, transparency and accountability during the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; and land use and economic development activities. In 2016, Tyler was the recipient of the U.S. Open Data Institutes’ “Open Data Pioneer” award and was named a “Data and IT Innovator” by the Atlantic Media Group’s Route Fifty.
For more information, contact: Tracy Burke at tracy.burke@uconn.edu