Data as a Product: Inside Massachusetts’ Enterprise Strategy for Cross-Agency Data Sharing

Massachusetts is building a modern data ecosystem designed to improve how government agencies collaborate, make decisions, and deliver services to citizens. In this episode of State Gov Today, host George Jackson explored how the Commonwealth is transforming data from a siloed operational byproduct into a governed, reusable strategic asset. Through conversations with Karthik Yajurvedi, Assistant Secretary and Chief Data Officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Whippen, Vice President of U.S. Public Sector SLED at Snowflake, and Keith Fitts, Director of Data, Reporting and Modernization for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, the discussion highlighted how Massachusetts is combining governance, technology modernization, and cultural change to support cross-agency collaboration and future-ready AI initiatives.