Entrepreneur in Residence programs have grown in popularity at venture capital firms, law firms and businesses, and now even the U.S. government wants the opinion and insight from the wild west of startups.

David Portnoy served as Entrepreneur in Residence at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services until just weeks ago, and took the opportunity at the recent MIT CDO event to offer his advice on what the government can learn from lean startups about launching initiatives.

Portnoy was tasked with the Demand Driven Open Data initiative during his stay, which provided a “transparent mechanism” to inform “public data owners what’s most valuable.”