Indiana

Leading Example

8. Data Use

The state has improved outcomes by combining and analyzing cross-agency data to inform policy, budget, or management decisions.

8. Data Use

The Indiana Data Partnership, launched in 2019, brings together government, nonprofit, and private sector entities to share data, talent, and technology to solve key challenges impacting Indiana residents. The partnership was formed as an extension of the Indiana Management Performance Hub to create a secure, replicable, and sustainable framework to help partner organizations use shared data in coordinating efforts and maximizing holistic solutions. Initial projects included combating the opioid epidemic, improving education and workforce development, mapping local health delivery, and a networking analysis.

Issue Areas: Child Welfare, COVID-19, Education, Health, Workforce

Promising Examples

2. Performance Management

The state has achieved better outcomes through an enterprise performance management system that engages state leaders in using performance data to continuously improve results.

2. Performance Management

A 2017 Indiana law created the Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH) within the state’s Office of Management and Budget, which is overseen by the statewide Chief Data Officer (CDO). The law mandates the CDO to oversee a variety of performance management and continuous improvement activities such as advising each executive state agency to identify and implement continuous process improvement in state government, and conducting operational and procedural audits of executive state agencies. As such, the CDO and MPH regularly assist with key performance indicators’ tracking for agencies.

Issue Areas: Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, Economic Mobility, Education, Health, Workforce

5. Data Leadership & Governance

The state has senior leadership and governance structures with the mandate to equitably use data to improve results.

5. Data Leadership & Governance

A 2017 Indiana law (p. 8) established the position of Chief Data Officer with the budget, staff, and authority to: (1) coordinate data analytics and data transparency for state agencies; (2) advise state agencies regarding best practices for data maintenance, security, and privacy; and (3) oversee the Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH). MPH uses state data, such as the Education and Workforce Development database, to provide “analytics solutions tailored to address complex management and policy questions enabling improved outcomes.”

Issue Areas: COVID-19, Education, Health, Workforce

7. Data Infrastructure

The state has improved outcomes through technology infrastructure that allows it to efficiently collect, inventory, and share data.

7. Data Infrastructure

The Indiana Management Performance Hub (MPH), overseen by the state’s Chief Data Officer, houses the integrated Education and Workforce Development database, which brings together data from 12 state agencies, including: the Commission for Higher Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, Department of Corrections, Department of Workforce Development, and Family and Social Services Administration. In addition, MPH has created integrated databases to address pressing program and policy issues related to COVD-19, opioids, Medicaid, fiscal transparency, and other areas. Indiana’s open data is shared through the Indiana Management Performance Hub’s Indiana Data Hub, as well as a publicly available data catalog. It has more than 160 publicly available open datasets on various topics. MPH has been at the forefront of using data to drive decision-making for Indiana’s COVID-19 response, including a study to better understand the prevalence of the coronavirus and/or its antibodies. Overall, the estimated return on investment to the state is $40 million, and the direct value to the state from MPH projects is $18 million.

Issue Areas: Child Welfare, COVID-19, Education, Health, Workforce

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Indiana

Leading Example

8. Data Use

Promising Examples

2. Performance Management

5. Data Leadership & Governance

7. Data Infrastructure

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