2025 FWS Data Management Workshop: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2025 US Fish & Wildlife Service Data Management Workshop!

1:00pm EST

Training Session 1

Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Data Quality I - Louis Blume, Molly Middlebrook

Making Data Accessible - Megan Burdi

Tidy Data - A Strategy & Mindset - Bonnie Campbell
FWS gathers a tsunami of data daily. To be usable this data must first be tidied. Tidying allows us to process data more efficiently for understanding and use. This course aims to encourage consideration and use of the tidy data strategy & mindset for the data we use in FWS.
Combines presentation & hands on activities.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the difference between tidy & messy data
Identify & fix issues that make data messy vs. tidy
Add tools to your quiver for making data tidy

Speakers

Louis Blume

EPA

Molly Middlebrook

GDIT

Megan Burdi

National Librarian, USFWS, NCTC

Megan Burdi is the National Librarian for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the National Conservation Training Center. She has a passion for making information more accessible and discoverable through digital stewardship and research services. In her role, she finds innovative... Read More →

Bonnie Campbell

Regional Data Manager, USFWS

Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST

Training Session

3:15pm EST

Training Session 2

Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 5:00pm EST

Data Quality II - Louis Blume, Molly Middlebrook

Quarto for QC Reporting - Jason Ross, Jacob Cochran, Jonah Withers

DGEC - Code Versioning, Collaboration & More - Bonnie Campbell
Learn about DOI GitHub Enterprise Cloud (DGEC), related policies, its origin and implementation. DGEC features, access requirements, collaboration, tie-in with code.gov and more.
Combines presentation & hands on activities.
Learning Objectives:
Know why DGEC is important for your work
Know where to go for DGEC information & support
Know how to obtain access, establish repositories, leverage features
Become familiar with internal & sponsored collaborators workflows

Speakers