Members
Entity | Member |
Chief Data Officer (Chair) | Robert McGough |
Chief Information Security Officer | Gary Vance |
Chief Privacy Officer | Jennifer Davis |
Department of Agriculture | Secretary Wes Ward |
Department of Commerce | Brian Rogers |
Department of Corrections | Secretary Lindsay Wallace |
Department of Education | Arijit Sarkar |
Department of Energy and Environment | Dan Pearson |
Department of Finance and Administration | Secretary Jim Hudson |
Department of Health | Jim Carter |
Department of Human Services | Jeff Dean |
Department of Inspector General | Secretary Allison Bragg |
Department of Labor and Licensing | Secretary Daryl Bassett |
Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism | Secretary Shea Lewis |
Department of Public Safety | Allen Fitzgerald |
Department of Transformation and Shared Services | Jay Harton |
Department of Veterans Affairs | Secretary Kendall Penn |
Department of the Military | Major General Johnathan Stubbs |
Arkansas Chief Justice Appointee | Timothy Holthoff |
Arkansas Attorney General Appointee | Matthew Ford |
President Pro Tempore of the Senate Appointee | Cory Scott |
Speaker of the House Appointee | Michael Verdesca |
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 and moved under the new Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) (A.C.A. § 25-4-127). During the 2021 General Session, Act 912 of 2017 was amended, moving the Data and Transparency Panel duties directly under TSS and aligning the membership to correspond to the 15 state cabinet departments Act 742 of 2021.