Lydia Taghavi

Lydia Taghavi is the Chief Data Officer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and serves as one of HUD’s key Evidence Act officials.

HUD’s Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO), created in response to the Evidence Act, is responsible for ensuring that data is available, accurate, timely, protected, and accessible. OCDO comprises three main units:  Data Governance Division, Open Data Division, and Paperwork Reduction Act Division.