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Federal Government Data Maturity Model:

The following document details the six lanes of the Federal Gov­ Purpose
ernment Data Maturity Model, including each of the five milestones
The purpose of this model is threefold.
within the lanes. The six lanes are: Analytics Capability, Data
Culture, Data Management, Data Personnel, Data Systems and First, this model helps agencies with a high-level assessment of
Technology, and Data Governance. The power of the model is in current capabilities and supporting processes. The framework al­
its simplicity, therefore, this document provides more context and lows agencies to easily understand their "current state" and helps
detail around the lanes and milestones so that concepts are well users conceptualize where they want their organization to be in the
defined, allowing for a common language and understanding to long term. It then provides some practical steps for getting there.
be established among practitioners.
Second, this model helps with strategic communication between
agency data professionals and agency leadership. It can also
serve to communicate to the broader agency about the strategic
direction of data improvement initiatives.
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Finally, the model provides a common language and framework organized ideas and suggestions to help agencies consider what
to help promulgate common solutions and best practices across works best for them as they carve out a path to success.
federal agencies toward advancing data-driven decision making.
This document contains helpful guidance within each of the lanes
that address numerous organizational dynamics when creating
Outcome Measure
organizational change. The top lane of the model, ':A-nalytics Capability'' should be consid­
ered an outcome measure for capability. This lane provides a contin­
uum of demonstrated capability from the simplest summary reporting
How to Use this Model to the most complex prescriptive analytics requiring a vast amount
It is important to note that the purpose of this model is not to provide of data and supporting processes. The other five lanes all help to
a rigid or prescriptive "one size fits all" approach to improving data support and enable greater capability, and are essential to achieving
capabilities within federal agencies. Nor does it maintain that all lasting change across an organization.
agencies need to reach or complete all milestones within all lanes to
achieve optimal data capabilities. It simply provides a framework of