Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created.

Data governance; Office of Data Governance andAnalytics; Chief Data Officer; Virginia Data Commission; report.Creates the Office of Data Governance (the Office) in the Officeof the Secretary of Administration, to be directed by the existing Chief Data Officer of the Commonwealth. The Office is charged withoverseeing general data governance in the Commonwealth, as well asdeveloping and managing the Commonwealth Data Trust, a multi-stakeholderdata exchange and analytics platform. A multi-level governance structureis established to govern the Trust. The bill also establishes theadvisory Virginia Data Commission to advise the Office on issuesrelating to data sharing.