Secretary Pritzker to Receive Final CDAC Recommendations at October DC Meeting

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC) will hold its fifth and final meeting of the Obama Administration on Friday, October 28^th at the U.S. Department of Commerce.  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will deliver the keynote address at the event and receive final recommendations from the Council. 

Appointed by Secretary Pritzker, the 19-member council provides guidance on areas such as data management practices; common, open data standards; policy issues related to privacy, latency, and consistency; effective models for public-private partnership; external uses of Commerce data; and methods to build new feedback loops between the Department and data users. The council is comprised of leading technologists and data leaders who work for some of the most innovate public and private sector organizations, including: Intel, Google, IBM, LinkedIn, PayPal, Amazon Web Services, City of San Francisco, Indiana University, and more. 

Visit the CDAC webpage for more information on its members and meeting agenda.  This event will be broadcast live on YouTube; follow and provide live feedback on Twitter at #CDACmtg.

See livestream of this event on http://www.esa.gov/cdac/.

Title: Commerce Data Advisory Council Meeting

Date and Time: Friday, October 28, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.;
Secretary Pritzker's Keynote Address: 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Location: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave
Commerce Research Library

RSVP: Please Register by Thursday, October 20 via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/department-of-commerce-data-advisory-council-cdac-october-2016-meeting-tickets-28337358803              

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