Secretary's Order 02-2019-Chief Data Officer and DOL Data Board, 11327-11329 [2019-05720]
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Safe
Drinking Water Act
On March 18, 2019, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed consent
decree with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of New
York in the lawsuit entitled United
States of America v. City of New York
and New York City Department of
Environmental Protection, Civil Action
No. 1:19–cv–01519–RJD–CLP.
The United States filed this lawsuit to
seek civil penalties and injunctive relief
for violations of the Safe Drinking Water
Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f, et seq. The alleged
violations stem from the City’s failure to
place a cover over its Hillview
Reservoir, a 90-acre treated-water
reservoir in Yonkers. The reservoir
holds water destined for consumers in
New York City. The water arrives at the
reservoir after being disinfected at the
City’s upstream Catskill-Delaware Water
Ultraviolet Disinfection Facility,
sometimes referred to as the Eastview
facility, in central Westchester. The
purpose of covering the reservoir is to
protect the disinfected water from
microbial recontamination during
storage. The cover is required by the
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rule. 40 CFR 141.714.
The proposed consent decree will
require the City to build the cover. At
times during cover construction, the
City will operate only one of the
reservoir’s two (‘‘East’’ and ‘‘West’’)
basins while the other basin is off-line
during construction of that basin’s cover
(so-called ‘‘single basin operation’’). The
City represents that to ensure reliable
water delivery during single basin
operation, two precursor projects must
be completed first. These two projects
are the Kensico-Eastview Connection
and the Hillview Reservoir
Improvements. The Kensico-Eastview
Connection will be a new underground
aqueduct between the Eastview facility
and the further upstream Kensico
Reservoir. The Hillview Reservoir
Improvements will include replacing
sluice gates and building a new
connection between the reservoir and
downstream water distribution tunnels.
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These two precursor projects will be
built on parallel schedules. The
proposed consent decree will require
the City to complete the Hillview
Reservoir Improvements by 2033 and
the Kensico-Eastview Connection by
2035. After that, the City will be
required to build the East Basin cover,
with full operation to start by 2042. The
City will then be required to build the
West Basin cover, with full operation to
start by 2049.
The proposed consent decree also
requires the City to pay the United
States a civil penalty of $1 million for
the City’s past violations of federal
requirements. In addition, the consent
decree provides that the City will pay
New York State a civil penalty of
$50,000 and perform a state Water
Quality Benefit Project to settle the
State’s claim for penalties for violations
of a state administrative order. The
Water Quality Benefit Project will
establish a redundant supervisory
control and data acquisition control
center. This ‘‘SCADA’’ control center
will allow more reliable operation of the
City water supply’s SCADA system.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed consent decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States of America v. City
of New York and New York City
Department of Environmental
Protection, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–
10223/1. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By e-mail ......
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usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington,
D.C. 20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the consent decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
consent decree upon written request
and payment of reproduction costs.
Please mail your request and payment
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ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
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Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Secretary’s Order 02–2019—Chief Data
Officer and DOL Data Board
I. Purpose. To establish a Chief Data
Officer (CDO); to formalize the
Department of Labor (DOL) Data Board
(Data Board); to create a data governance
framework for the Department; and to
create strategic value from data
collected and housed throughout the
Department.
II. Authorities and Directives Affected
A. Authorities.
1. This Secretary’s Order (the Order)
is issued pursuant to the authority
granted under 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.
2. A congressional statute obligates
the Secretary to designate a Chief Data
Officer. See Foundations for EvidenceBased Policymaking Act of 2018, Public
Law 115–435, 132 Stat 5529.
B. Directives Affected. This Order
does not affect the authorities and
responsibilities assigned by any other
Secretary’s Order.
III. Background. Evidence-based
policymaking has necessitated a modern
data infrastructure and strengthened
data capacity. Across the agencies
within the Department of Labor, data—
which are essential to setting policy and
delivering efficiently and effectively on
the Department’s mission of serving
America’s workforce—are collected
every day. However, these data may not
be leveraged, housed, formatted, or
made public in ways that best serve the
needs of DOL or its stakeholders. There
needs to be a more central focus on the
quality, consistency, and availability of
data to inform and influence how DOL
carries out its mission.
IV. Data Board
A. Purpose of the Data Board
1. The Data Board is a forum for DOL
to work across organizational lines to
collaborate and coordinate effectively
on data strategy, management, and
policy issues, as well as DOL data
governance, stewardship, architecture,
and utilization.
B. Responsibilities
1. The Data Board is charged with
providing recommendations to the
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and
Agency Heads on the creation,
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implementation, and oversight of a data
governance model that establishes
authority, roles and responsibilities,
management, and decision-making
parameters related to the data created,
collected, managed, or otherwise
controlled by the Department.
2. The Data Board will develop a
comprehensive initial DOL Data
Strategy (the Initial Data Strategy). The
Data Board will submit an Initial Data
Strategy to the Secretary. Once the
Secretary adopts an Initial Data Strategy,
the Deputy Secretary will implement
the Initial Data Strategy through
appropriate memoranda. The Data
Board will submit subsequent DOL Data
Strategies (Subsequent Data Strategies)
to the Secretary as appropriate. Once the
Secretary adopts a Subsequent Data
Strategy, the Deputy Secretary will
implement the Subsequent Data Strategy
through appropriate memoranda.
3. The Data Board will serve as the
principal entity acting on the Secretary’s
behalf with respect to data governance
issues. It will establish, coordinate, and
manage policy, processes, and standards
for the management of DOL data. The
Data Board shall oversee Departmentlevel data sharing agreements with
external organizations and across DOL
entities. The Data Board shall raise
awareness and promote data
management best practices across DOL
entities.
4. The Data Board will coordinate
with the DOL Chief Information Officer
(CIO) in the development of modern
solutions for managing, analyzing,
protecting, disseminating, and
generating data. The Data Board will use
the DOL enterprise data analytics
platform and other enterprise
applications when assessing or
recommending changes that impact
infrastructure, platforms, tools,
cybersecurity, hardware, software,
and/or standardization, and/or
centralization initiatives.
5. The Data Board should convene at
least once each month.
6. The Deputy Secretary will issue
written guidance, as necessary, to
implement this Order.
7. The Data Board will receive
assignments from the Secretary, Deputy
Secretary, and Agency Heads as
appropriate.
8. The Solicitor of Labor is
responsible for providing legal advice to
DOL on all matters arising in the
implementation and administration of
this Order.
C. Membership
1. The CDO is a member—and the
Chair—of the Data Board.
2. The CIO is a member—and the
Vice-Chair—of the Data Board.
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3. The Agency Heads of the following
agencies should select a Data Board
Designee—who is at least a GS–12 or its
equivalent—to serve on the Data Board:
a. Bureau of International Labor
Affairs;
b. Bureau of Labor Statistics;
c. Employee Benefits Security
Administration;
d. Employment & Training
Administration;
e. Mine Safety & Health
Administration;
f. Occupational Safety & Health
Administration;
g. Office of Congressional &
Intergovernmental Affairs;
h. Office of Disability Employment
Policy;
i. Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs;
j. Office of Labor-Management
Standards;
k. Office of Public Affairs;
l. Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration & Management;
m. Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Policy;
n. Office of the Chief Financial
Officer;
o. Office of the Chief Information
Officer;
p. Office of the Solicitor;
q. Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs;
r. Veterans’ Employment & Training
Service;
s. Wage & Hour Division; and
t. Women’s Bureau.
V. Chief Data Officer
A. On January 14, 2019, President
Trump signed the Foundations for
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of
2018 into law.1 That statute directs the
head of each agency to ‘‘designate a
nonpolitical appointee employee in the
agency as the Chief Data Officer of the
agency.’’ 2 This Order establishes the
position of Chief Data Officer.
Organizationally, the CDO will be in the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy. The CDO will serve as the Chair
of the Data Board.
B. Reports
1. At the beginning of the first quarter
of the fiscal year and at the beginning
of the third quarter of the fiscal year, the
CDO will deliver a report to the
Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on
the state of the data at DOL. The report
will describe DOL’s data-related
achievements and challenges in the
preceding six-month period. The report
1 See Bill Announcement, The White House (Jan.
14, 2019) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefingsstatements/bill-announcement-18/.
2 See Foundations for Evidence-Based
Policymaking Act of 2018, Public Law 115–435, 132
Stat 5529.
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will also describe what steps DOL will
take going forward to improve its use of
data.
2. DOL’s CDO shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and
the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of
Representatives an annual report on
DOL’s compliance with the
requirements of subchapter I of chapter
35 of title 44 of the United States Code,
including information on each
requirement that the agency could not
carry out and, if applicable, what the
agency needs to carry out such
requirement.
C. The CDO will brief the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary, and Agency Heads on
data-related matters as appropriate.
D. The CDO shall be designated based
on demonstrated training and
experience in data management,
governance (including creation,
application, and maintenance of data
standards), collection, analysis,
protection, use, and dissemination,
including with respect to any statistical
and related techniques to protect and
de-identify confidential data.
E. Functions of the CDO. The CDO
shall:
1. Be responsible for lifecycle data
management;
2. coordinate with any official in DOL
responsible for using, protecting,
disseminating, and generating data to
ensure that the data needs of DOL are
met;
3. manage data assets of DOL,
including the standardization of data
format, sharing of data assets, and
publication of data assets in accordance
with applicable law;
4. in carrying out the requirements
under paragraphs (3) and (5), consult
with DOL’s CIO and any statistical
official of DOL (as designated under
section 314 of title 5 of the United States
Code);
5. carry out the requirements of the
agency under subsections (b) through
(d), (f), and (i) of section 3506 of title 44
of the United States Code, section 3507
of title 44 of the United States Code, and
section 3511 of title 44 of the United
States Code;
6. ensure that, to the extent
practicable, agency data conforms with
data management best practices;
7. engage agency employees, the
public, and contractors in using public
data assets and encourage collaborative
approaches on improving data use;
8. support DOL’s Performance
Improvement Officer in identifying and
using data to carry out the functions
described in section 1124(a)(2) of title
31 of the United States Code;
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9. support DOL’s Evaluation Officer in
obtaining data to carry out the functions
described in section 313(d) of title 5 of
the United States Code;
10. review the impact of DOL’s
infrastructure on data asset accessibility
and coordinate with DOL’s CIO to
improve such infrastructure to reduce
barriers that inhibit data asset
accessibility;
11. coordinate with DOL’s CIO to
develop modern solutions for managing,
protecting, disseminating, and
generating data. The CDO will use the
DOL enterprise data analytics platform
and other enterprise applications when
assessing or recommending changes that
impact infrastructure, platforms, tools,
cybersecurity, hardware, software, and/
or standardization, and/or centralization
initiatives;
12. ensure that, to the extent
practicable, DOL maximizes its use of
data, including for the production of
evidence (as defined in section 3561 of
title 44 of the United States Code),
cybersecurity, and the improvement of
DOL operations;
13. identify points of contact for roles
and responsibilities related to open data
use and implementation (as required by
the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget);
14. serve as DOL’s liaison to other
agencies and the Office of Management
and Budget on the best way to use
existing DOL data for statistical
purposes (as defined in section 3561 of
title 44 of the United States Code); and
15. comply with any regulation and
guidance issued under subchapter III of
Chapter 35 of title 44 of the United
States Code, including the acquisition
and maintenance of any required
certification and training.
F. Delegation of CDO Responsibilities
1. In General—To the extent necessary
to comply with statistical laws, DOL’s
CDO shall delegate any responsibility
under subsection (E) to the head of a
statistical agency or unit (as defined in
section 3561 of title 44 of the United
States Code) within DOL.
2. Consultation—To the extent
permissible under law, the individual to
whom a responsibility has been
delegated under paragraph (V)(F)(1)
shall consult with DOL’s CDO in
carrying out such responsibility.
3. Deference—DOL’s CDO shall defer
to the individual to whom a
responsibility has been delegated under
paragraph (V)(F)(1) regarding the
necessary delegation of such
responsibility with respect to any data
acquired, maintained, or disseminated
by DOL under applicable statistical law.
VI. Exceptions; Administrative
Matters. The requirements of this Order
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are intended to be general in nature, and
accordingly shall be construed and
implemented consistent with more
specific requirements of any statute,
Executive Order, or other legal authority
governing the collection, storage, and
management of data. In the event of a
conflict, the specific statute, Executive
Order, or other legal authority shall
govern. The requirements of this Order
are in addition to internal
administrative procedures regarding the
collection, storage, and management of
data.
VII. Redelegation of Authority. Except
as otherwise provided by law, all of the
authorities delegated in this Order may
be redelegated to serve the purposes of
this Order.
VIII. Effective Date. This Order is
effective immediately.
Dated: March 12, 2019.
R. Alexander Acosta,
Secretary of Labor.
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[Notice: (19–009)]
Information Collection for TREAT
Astronauts Act
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice; amendment of
information collection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This is an amended version of
NASA’s earlier Federal Register Notice
which was published on March 13,
2019, Document 2019–04168, and
Notice Number 84 FR 9143 (SEE
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). The
Office of Chief Health and Medical
Officer (OCHMO), within the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) as part of its continuing effort
to reduce public burden and maximize
the utility of government information,
provides the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to
comment on an information collection
project, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice
invites comment on an information
collection project titled, ‘‘Information
Collection for TREAT Astronauts Act.’’
The TREAT Astronauts Act is
subsection 441 within the National
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Transition Authorization Act of 2017
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The goal is to collect information for
routine care, and develop a knowledge
base on the effects of spaceflight as well
as address gaps in services for medical
monitoring, diagnosis and treatment of
conditions associated with human space
flight.
DATES: All comments should be
submitted by April 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Gatrie Johnson, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
300 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20546–0001.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name, if
applicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, contact
Gatrie Johnson, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, 300 E Street
SW, Washington, DC 20546–0001, 202–
358–1013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There was
an error in the Title in which
‘‘Information Collection’’ was added in
place of ‘‘Electronic Medical Record for
Implementation of’’ and needed to be
deleted. There was an error in the
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‘‘maintain’’, ‘‘digital medical records
of’’, ‘‘health’’, ‘‘emergency treatment,
and scheduled examination for active or
retired astronauts in order to’’ needed to
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‘‘and,’’ ‘‘on the effects of spaceflight as
well as,’’ ‘‘for,’’ to add more specificity.
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Portal: https://www.Regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions on-line for
submitting comments’’ needed to be
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medicine Clinic (FMC)’’ is added in
place of the clinic listed as
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and needed to be deleted. There was an
error in the Background section, in
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Secretary's Order 02-2019--Chief Data Officer and DOL Data Board
I. Purpose. To establish a Chief Data Officer (CDO); to formalize
the Department of Labor (DOL) Data Board (Data Board); to create a data
governance framework for the Department; and to create strategic value
from data collected and housed throughout the Department.
II. Authorities and Directives Affected
A. Authorities.
1. This Secretary's Order (the Order) is issued pursuant to the
authority granted under 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.
2. A congressional statute obligates the Secretary to designate a
Chief Data Officer. See Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
of 2018, Public Law 115-435, 132 Stat 5529.
B. Directives Affected. This Order does not affect the authorities
and responsibilities assigned by any other Secretary's Order.
III. Background. Evidence-based policymaking has necessitated a
modern data infrastructure and strengthened data capacity. Across the
agencies within the Department of Labor, data--which are essential to
setting policy and delivering efficiently and effectively on the
Department's mission of serving America's workforce--are collected
every day. However, these data may not be leveraged, housed, formatted,
or made public in ways that best serve the needs of DOL or its
stakeholders. There needs to be a more central focus on the quality,
consistency, and availability of data to inform and influence how DOL
carries out its mission.
IV. Data Board
A. Purpose of the Data Board
1. The Data Board is a forum for DOL to work across organizational
lines to collaborate and coordinate effectively on data strategy,
management, and policy issues, as well as DOL data governance,
stewardship, architecture, and utilization.
B. Responsibilities
1. The Data Board is charged with providing recommendations to the
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and Agency Heads on the creation,
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implementation, and oversight of a data governance model that
establishes authority, roles and responsibilities, management, and
decision-making parameters related to the data created, collected,
managed, or otherwise controlled by the Department.
2. The Data Board will develop a comprehensive initial DOL Data
Strategy (the Initial Data Strategy). The Data Board will submit an
Initial Data Strategy to the Secretary. Once the Secretary adopts an
Initial Data Strategy, the Deputy Secretary will implement the Initial
Data Strategy through appropriate memoranda. The Data Board will submit
subsequent DOL Data Strategies (Subsequent Data Strategies) to the
Secretary as appropriate. Once the Secretary adopts a Subsequent Data
Strategy, the Deputy Secretary will implement the Subsequent Data
Strategy through appropriate memoranda.
3. The Data Board will serve as the principal entity acting on the
Secretary's behalf with respect to data governance issues. It will
establish, coordinate, and manage policy, processes, and standards for
the management of DOL data. The Data Board shall oversee Department-
level data sharing agreements with external organizations and across
DOL entities. The Data Board shall raise awareness and promote data
management best practices across DOL entities.
4. The Data Board will coordinate with the DOL Chief Information
Officer (CIO) in the development of modern solutions for managing,
analyzing, protecting, disseminating, and generating data. The Data
Board will use the DOL enterprise data analytics platform and other
enterprise applications when assessing or recommending changes that
impact infrastructure, platforms, tools, cybersecurity, hardware,
software, and/or standardization, and/or centralization initiatives.
5. The Data Board should convene at least once each month.
6. The Deputy Secretary will issue written guidance, as necessary,
to implement this Order.
7. The Data Board will receive assignments from the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary, and Agency Heads as appropriate.
8. The Solicitor of Labor is responsible for providing legal advice
to DOL on all matters arising in the implementation and administration
of this Order.
C. Membership
1. The CDO is a member--and the Chair--of the Data Board.
2. The CIO is a member--and the Vice-Chair--of the Data Board.
3. The Agency Heads of the following agencies should select a Data
Board Designee--who is at least a GS-12 or its equivalent--to serve on
the Data Board:
a. Bureau of International Labor Affairs;
b. Bureau of Labor Statistics;
c. Employee Benefits Security Administration;
d. Employment & Training Administration;
e. Mine Safety & Health Administration;
f. Occupational Safety & Health Administration;
g. Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs;
h. Office of Disability Employment Policy;
i. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs;
j. Office of Labor-Management Standards;
k. Office of Public Affairs;
l. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration &
Management;
m. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy;
n. Office of the Chief Financial Officer;
o. Office of the Chief Information Officer;
p. Office of the Solicitor;
q. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs;
r. Veterans' Employment & Training Service;
s. Wage & Hour Division; and
t. Women's Bureau.
V. Chief Data Officer
A. On January 14, 2019, President Trump signed the Foundations for
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 into law.\1\ That statute
directs the head of each agency to ``designate a nonpolitical appointee
employee in the agency as the Chief Data Officer of the agency.'' \2\
This Order establishes the position of Chief Data Officer.
Organizationally, the CDO will be in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy. The CDO will serve as the Chair of the Data
Board.
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\1\ See Bill Announcement, The White House (Jan. 14, 2019)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/bill-announcement-18/.
\2\ See Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018,
Public Law 115-435, 132 Stat 5529.
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B. Reports
1. At the beginning of the first quarter of the fiscal year and at
the beginning of the third quarter of the fiscal year, the CDO will
deliver a report to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary on the state
of the data at DOL. The report will describe DOL's data-related
achievements and challenges in the preceding six-month period. The
report will also describe what steps DOL will take going forward to
improve its use of data.
2. DOL's CDO shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives an annual report on
DOL's compliance with the requirements of subchapter I of chapter 35 of
title 44 of the United States Code, including information on each
requirement that the agency could not carry out and, if applicable,
what the agency needs to carry out such requirement.
C. The CDO will brief the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Agency
Heads on data-related matters as appropriate.
D. The CDO shall be designated based on demonstrated training and
experience in data management, governance (including creation,
application, and maintenance of data standards), collection, analysis,
protection, use, and dissemination, including with respect to any
statistical and related techniques to protect and de-identify
confidential data.
E. Functions of the CDO. The CDO shall:
1. Be responsible for lifecycle data management;
2. coordinate with any official in DOL responsible for using,
protecting, disseminating, and generating data to ensure that the data
needs of DOL are met;
3. manage data assets of DOL, including the standardization of data
format, sharing of data assets, and publication of data assets in
accordance with applicable law;
4. in carrying out the requirements under paragraphs (3) and (5),
consult with DOL's CIO and any statistical official of DOL (as
designated under section 314 of title 5 of the United States Code);
5. carry out the requirements of the agency under subsections (b)
through (d), (f), and (i) of section 3506 of title 44 of the United
States Code, section 3507 of title 44 of the United States Code, and
section 3511 of title 44 of the United States Code;
6. ensure that, to the extent practicable, agency data conforms
with data management best practices;
7. engage agency employees, the public, and contractors in using
public data assets and encourage collaborative approaches on improving
data use;
8. support DOL's Performance Improvement Officer in identifying and
using data to carry out the functions described in section 1124(a)(2)
of title 31 of the United States Code;
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9. support DOL's Evaluation Officer in obtaining data to carry out
the functions described in section 313(d) of title 5 of the United
States Code;
10. review the impact of DOL's infrastructure on data asset
accessibility and coordinate with DOL's CIO to improve such
infrastructure to reduce barriers that inhibit data asset
accessibility;
11. coordinate with DOL's CIO to develop modern solutions for
managing, protecting, disseminating, and generating data. The CDO will
use the DOL enterprise data analytics platform and other enterprise
applications when assessing or recommending changes that impact
infrastructure, platforms, tools, cybersecurity, hardware, software,
and/or standardization, and/or centralization initiatives;
12. ensure that, to the extent practicable, DOL maximizes its use
of data, including for the production of evidence (as defined in
section 3561 of title 44 of the United States Code), cybersecurity, and
the improvement of DOL operations;
13. identify points of contact for roles and responsibilities
related to open data use and implementation (as required by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget);
14. serve as DOL's liaison to other agencies and the Office of
Management and Budget on the best way to use existing DOL data for
statistical purposes (as defined in section 3561 of title 44 of the
United States Code); and
15. comply with any regulation and guidance issued under subchapter
III of Chapter 35 of title 44 of the United States Code, including the
acquisition and maintenance of any required certification and training.
F. Delegation of CDO Responsibilities
1. In General--To the extent necessary to comply with statistical
laws, DOL's CDO shall delegate any responsibility under subsection (E)
to the head of a statistical agency or unit (as defined in section 3561
of title 44 of the United States Code) within DOL.
2. Consultation--To the extent permissible under law, the
individual to whom a responsibility has been delegated under paragraph
(V)(F)(1) shall consult with DOL's CDO in carrying out such
responsibility.
3. Deference--DOL's CDO shall defer to the individual to whom a
responsibility has been delegated under paragraph (V)(F)(1) regarding
the necessary delegation of such responsibility with respect to any
data acquired, maintained, or disseminated by DOL under applicable
statistical law.
VI. Exceptions; Administrative Matters. The requirements of this
Order are intended to be general in nature, and accordingly shall be
construed and implemented consistent with more specific requirements of
any statute, Executive Order, or other legal authority governing the
collection, storage, and management of data. In the event of a
conflict, the specific statute, Executive Order, or other legal
authority shall govern. The requirements of this Order are in addition
to internal administrative procedures regarding the collection,
storage, and management of data.
VII. Redelegation of Authority. Except as otherwise provided by
law, all of the authorities delegated in this Order may be redelegated
to serve the purposes of this Order.
VIII. Effective Date. This Order is effective immediately.
Dated: March 12, 2019.
R. Alexander Acosta,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2019-05720 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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