{"id":46815,"date":"2025-12-05T10:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/?page_id=46815"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:12:10","slug":"ai-government-leadership-program-helps-public-servant-define-data-terminology-for-the-state-of-maryland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/about\/impact\/ai-government-leadership-program-helps-public-servant-define-data-terminology-for-the-state-of-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Government Leadership Program\u00a0helps\u00a0public servant define\u00a0data\u00a0terminology\u00a0for the state of\u00a0Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/i>Back to Impact<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n
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The AI Government Leadership Program<\/a>, launched in 2019 by the Partnership for Public Service with support from Microsoft and Google.org, recently enrolled its first cohorts of state and local leaders.<\/strong> Initially conceived to help federal executives evaluate and deploy artificial intelligence for the public good, the program has trained over 300 state and local civil servants across more than 30 states. This pivot sought to address the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to shift federal services to localities across the country as well as the overlapping challenges around AI faced by leaders at every level of government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One such leader was Stephanie Garland<\/a>, who has been on a mission to make public sector leaders more data literate\u2014first as the data lead for NYC Health + Hospitals, the country\u2019s largest municipal health care system, and now as data literacy director for the state of Maryland. In this role, she is on the verge of delivering a first-of-its-kind glossary of data terminology that will provide civil servants with a shared vocabulary about effective data practices. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, Garland discusses why she joined the AI Government Leadership Program and how it informed her work. This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The content is phenomenal, and the opportunity to learn from others around the country about what is happening in this space is phenomenal.<\/em><\/p>\n