Members of the DTP
Department | Name |
Chief Data Officer | Robert McGough, Chair |
Chief Privacy Officer | Jennifer Davis |
Chief Analytics Officer | Robert McGough |
Department of Agriculture | Cynthia Edwards |
Department of Commerce | David Bell |
Department of Corrections | Robin White |
Department of Education | Gina Windle |
Department of Energy and Environment | Shane Khoury |
Department of Finance and Administration | Charlie Collins |
Department of Health | Dr. Austin Porter |
Department of Human Services | Jeff Dean |
Department of Inspector General | Matthew Lyon |
Department of Labor and Licensing | Ken Anderson |
Department of Military | John Payne |
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism | Caleb Osborne |
Department of Public Safety | Cody Hiland |
Department of Transformation and Shared Services | Shelby Johnson |
Department of Veterans Affairs | Bill Wussick |
One Appointee by the Governor | Michael Crouch |
One Appointee by the Speaker of the House | Vacant |
One Appointee by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate | Justin LeBlanc |
Attorney General or her designee | Mark Vaught |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or his designee | Vacant |
History of Data and Transparency Panel (DTP)
Act 1282 of 2015 established the Open Data and Transparency Task Force to determine the best practices to achieve the most efficient systems for maintaining and delivering the state’s public records and data. Based on the recommendations that came out of the Task Force, Act 912 of 2017 was passed, creating the Data and Transparency Panel (DTP) within the Department of Information Systems to provide recommendations on data governance and data sharing (A.C.A. § 25-4-127).
Following the passage of Act 910 of 2019, the Transformation and Efficiencies Act, the Department of Information Systems was renamed the Division of Information Systems (DIS) and moved under the new Department of Transformation and Shared Services (A.C.A. § 25-4-127). During the 2021 General Session, Act 912 of 2017 was amended, moving the Data and Transparency Panel (DTP) duties directly under the Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) and aligning the membership to correspond to the 15 state cabinet departments Act 742 of 2021.