OMB acknowledges that agencies need resources to make evaluation a 'central function'.

Chief data officers, statistical officials and evaluation officers have mostly been designated and are collaborating on councils, according to one OMB official.

Significant financial and leadership barriers must be addressed in order for CDOs to fulfill their duties like data governance.

The position, overseeing the federal government’s decentralized statistical system, has been filled in an acting capacity since January.

The Household and Small Business pulse surveys fill COVID-19 data gaps, and the bureau may begin mapping the new statistics as early as May.

Data standardization, sharing and use has improved in the past year and will continue on this upward trajectory, expert interviewees say.