Chief Data Officers look beyond dashboards

During the pandemic, governments and cities launched data dashboards to provide information internally and for residents. A panel of Chief Data Officers at the Bloomberg Philanthropies CityLab conference in Amsterdam this week discussed how they might use these tools going forward.

Louisville, KY is in the process of sunsetting its COVID-19 dashboard – in part because a mismatch in timing between data being released by the city and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was causing communication challenges.

“If our school districts, if journalists are going to be looking at the CDC dashboard, it is time for us to sunset – it’s served its purpose,” said Grace Simrall, Louisville...