News & Updates
Meet the City and County of Honolulu’s First Chief Data Officer: Kira Chuchom
Kira Chuchom joined the City and County of Honolulu on April 1, 2024 as its first Chief Data Officer. Hawaiʻi Data Collaborative sat down with Chuchom to discuss her background, what excites her about this new position, her experience in the role so far, and her approach and vision for making data work better for our government and community.
A Discussion with Hawai‘i’s First State Chief Data Officer
In 2022, Hawaiʻi joined the growing list of states with a Chief Data Officer (CDO) role, when Governor Ige signed Act 167 into law. Housed within the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Enterprise Technology Services, the CDO role “supports the the state’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) in overseeing a comprehensive state strategy to govern data capture, storage, maintenance, visualization, analysis, sharing, integration, and access that will drive transparency and customer satisfaction for the public.” Now six months in, we invited Hawaiʻi’s inaugural CDO, Rebecca Cai, to share insights about the role, the approach she envisions, and her experiences thus far.