Sec. 5301. Post Data Pilot Program
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The Secretary is authorized to establish a program, which shall be known as the Post Data Program (referred to in this section as the Program ), that shall be overseen by the Department’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer. The goals of the Program shall include the following: Cultivating a data and artificial intelligence culture at diplomatic posts globally, including data fluency and data collaboration. Promoting data integration with Department of State Headquarters.
Creating operational efficiencies, supporting innovation, and enhancing mission impact. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that outlines strategies for— advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2); hiring data and artificial intelligence officers at United States diplomatic posts; and allocation of necessary resources to sustain the Program. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following three years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under paragraph (1).
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.