Sarah Lauser is an information science PhD student at the University at Albany specializing in government communication. Before beginning her doctoral studies in 2022,  she was manager of the data warehouse and data analytics units at the New York State Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). At OSC, Lauser spent over 14 years providing managers with timely data needed to make operational decisions, ensuring auditors had accurate data to stop fraud, waste, and abuse in government spending, and keeping the public informed through transparency efforts like Open Book New York.