T121: Building a Culture in Data Analytics

  • Room: Platinum 1-2
  • Session Number:T121
Tuesday, July 19, 2022: 1:05 PM - 2:20 PM
Speaker
Donna Sandoval CGFM, CISA, CISM
Controller
City of Albuquerque
Moderator
Justin Marsico
Chief Data Officer, Office of Data Transparency
Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Office of Data Transparency
Speaker
Karin Dasuki CPA, CGFM
Director, Office of Finance and Accounting
Department of Energy
Speaker
Steve Keller
Senior Data Scientist
U.S. Department of Treasury

Description

The culture of data analytics empowers organizational innovation. Learn how culture affects the use of data and insights to support decisions and improve performance, and how cultural and technological readiness enables the consumption and interpretation of data. Analytics facilitates greater effectiveness in operations as it drives the future of financial management. 

Key Take-aways

• To facilitate adoption of data analytics, agencies must encourage curiosity, enable learning and cultivate data-driven competencies throughout the enterprise.
• Agencies use community of practice, datathons and other opportunities to urge data analytics education and usage.
• Agencies leverage data analytics for better decision-making, performance and financial reporting.

Learning Objectives

Understand how building a culture of data analytics improves the use of data and insights in decision-makng and, in turn, organizational performance. Learn first-hand how government leaders are building a data culture. Discover what employees need in the areas of technology and education to be able to pose questions, challenge ideas and use data to make decisions. Panelists will present use cases with particular focus on finanical reporting and impact on their organizations.