Passage of the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) marks a new chapter in the adoption of regulatory technology (RegTech) that begins in 2023, launching an era for innovation and modernization in financial services. The FDTA is a revolutionary new law that is the most substantial reform to data authorities for the financial services sector in a generation. Because the FDTA amends securities and banking laws to require data standards and mak...

Public sector agencies are transforming how to execute mission operations and provide services to citizens. Through guidance from recent laws and executive orders including the Technology Modernization Fund, the Evidence Act, memorandum M-19-21, as well as the 2021 Executive Order to improve Customer Experience (CXO), agency leaders are driving innovation and leveraging data to transform how their organizations are able to govern and serve the...

As one of the leading agencies for science, technology, and innovation, the Department of Energy (DOE) established the Artificial Intelligence and Technology (AITO) office to help transform the DOE into a world leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) enterprise by accelerating the research, development, delivery, and adoption of AI. The collaboration required across departments and national labs to harness, manage, and leverage the volumes of dat...

The White House issued a new executive order in late-2021 calling on federal agencies to intentionally prioritize customer experience (CX) and how the government interacts with the American public. Regulatory technologies offer approaches for vastly improving how businesses big and small, consumers, and investors interact with the information acquired by the government through regulatory processes. By applying a CX lens to the growing RegTech...

In December 2019 the President signed the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act of 2019. The bipartisan GREAT Act transforms federal grant reporting for the modern era by directing federal agencies to modernize and improve reporting processes. Recipients of federal grants — universities, fire departments, police stations, hospitals, food banks, homeless shelters, non-profits, and others — will be able t...

Our society uses data for many reasons that affect how we make decisions. Data can be used to improve government decision making, inform business decisions, or spur innovation. GovDATAx will focus on the different ways we use data and the supporting government initiatives: data for analysis, for transparency, for accountability, for enforcement, and for civic engagement. GovDATAx will unite the diverse members of the data community to increasi...