The Navy Takes the Helm in Data Management

February 1, 2020

By Kimberly Underwood

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As part of the Department of the Navy’s aggressive effort to improve its data environment in its information infrastructure, the department appointed Tom Sasala, Senior Executive Service (SES), to oversee the its data management, establishing the policies and the governance around the data fabric of the department.

The Department of the Navy, or DON, was already on a path to improve its data management when Congress passed the Open Government Data Act in January. The measure required cabinet-level agencies in the military departments to create a chief data officer position.

The DON chief data officer, led by Sasala, is one of four new directorates under DON Chief Information Officer (CIO) Aaron Weis. The others include: the chief technology officer, Jane Rathbun, SES, who is responsible for creating and enforcing technical architecture standards and policies; and the chief digital and innovation officer, Mike Galbraith, who oversees the adaptation, prioritization of investment, and incorporation of emerging information management related technologies into the DON, according to the Navy. Meanwhile, the chief information security officer, Christopher Cleary, maintains the security of DON data and information.

All of the directorates, including the chief data officer, will have a structure similar to that of the DON CIO’s office, unifying Naval and Marine Corps activities, Sasala states. “We are unifying the governance across the Navy and the Marine Corps at the DON Secretary level, so we’ll have deputy DON data officers for the Navy and deputy data officers for the Marine Corps that will operationally report to me as the chief data officer,” he notes.

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