In part 1 of his interview with Carlos Rivero, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s first chief data officer, host John Thomas Flynn opined that the growing establishment of state CDO positions across the country resembled the creation of the state chief information officers in the mid-1990s. In addition, the position’s placement within the state organizational hierarchy also continues to evolve with about half reporting to the state CIO while the other half are located within the states' “administration secretariat." Hear the rest of the interview on Ask the CIO: SLED Edition.