5: Roles & Responsibilities
Clarify roles and responsibilities for promoting efficient and effective data release Other Information:
Purpose: Agencies should identify points of contact for the following roles and responsibilities related to managing information
as an asset: * Communicating the strategic value of open data to internal stakeholders and the public; * Ensuring that data
released to the public are open, as appropriate, and a point of contact is designated to assist open data use and to respond
to complaints about adherence to open data requirements; * Engaging entrepreneurs and innovators in the private and nonprofit
sectors to encourage and facilitate the use of agency data to build applications and services; * Working with agency components
to scale best practices from bureaus and offices that excel in open data practices across the enterprise; * Working with the
agency's Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP) or other relevant officials to ensure that privacy and confidentiality
are fully protected; and * Working with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and mission owners to assess overall
organizational risk, based on the impact of releasing potentially sensitive data, and make a risk-based determination.
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