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Without a common vocabulary, climate, nature, and economic data is hard to trust and reuse. On 10/29 at 1 p.m. ET, get an introduction to the Semantic Commons for CNE, a new Data Foundation initiative piloting with wildfire and forestry data. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Americans value federal statistics more than they trust them and we can work to address this. New @data_foundation brief using Census Bureau data:
📊 74.8% say policymakers need federal statistics
📊 51.5% say they trust them
Measuring trust is how gov't can start to earn it. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23348…
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Last week, @sachimulkey and @katemyoder of @grist profiled Climate Reserve, a coalition that funds new positions and finds new homes for critical climate and environmental work, including at nonprofits like ours. buff.ly/yzRxjpT
CCED and others in the field call the phenomenon "movement generosity": working with a range of partners toward shared goals by pooling financial resources, insights, contacts, and convening power. It requires radical collaboration across sectors and political ideologies.
That kind of coordination limits duplication while protecting scarce capacity and resources during a period of significant transition for U.S. climate and environmental data systems. Read Wang's blog: buff.ly/E4w2YvN
"On the outside, it may look like the field is becoming increasingly crowded," Wang writes. "What is less visible, and more important, is that this community is taking real strides to connect in deliberate ways…"
As shifting federal priorities reshape U.S. climate and environmental data work, more organizations than ever are focused on data. Sonia Wang, Senior Director of our Center for Climate and Environmental Data, explains how those organizations are working together. 🧵
After the GAO found it could not confirm that six federal agencies properly controlled DOGE access to federal systems and data, the Data Foundation is urging transparency and verification: buff.ly/qyWkyyj
Last week, Data Foundation President and CEO @NickRHart attended the MAHA Institute's Open Data Summit. He observes in a new blog post that in today’s hyperpoliticized climate, many of the ideas shared during the data summit were refreshingly cross-partisan.
🔗 Read more of his takeaways from the data summit: buff.ly/e86zq5t
Five initiatives, nine Senior Fellows, 30+ events, and 15+ publications later, our Center for Climate and Environmental Data is celebrating two years of making climate and environmental data more reliable, accessible, and useful. Read the retrospective: buff.ly/5wcMsp0
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Joined @GovNavigators this week to debrief #govDATAx and talk federal data: the progress agencies are making, balancing representation with privacy, and why good public data is key to fighting fraud. (Yes, Jaws came up.) Thanks to @Allocore for sponsoring.
govnavigators.com/the-govnav…
🤖 Made with AI
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🔎 Be sure to register for a webinar next week (Sept. 24) from Lauren Damme, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation, about the role of social scientists and policy researchers in evaluating AI-driven tools, systems and services. The webinar draws from her forthcoming paper, "Tested but Not Evaluated: Bringing Social Science Rigor to AI Evaluation."
📅 September 24, 2026
⌚ 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time
🔗 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Learn more about the recipients and their accomplishments: datafoundation.org/news/pres…
🏆 Congrats to the 2026 Datum Award recipients, six federal leaders recognized for advancing data policy & evidence-informed government:
🔹Sharon Boivin & Heather Madray (NSF)
🔹Ross Williford (HHS)
🔹Tony LaVoi (NOAA)
🔹Tiffany Boiman (DOL)
🔹Chou-Lin Chen (NHTSA/DOT)
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At the end of September, federal agencies will be required to publish a comprehensive inventory of their data assets on their websites, ensuring that those entries meet a new metadata schema as well as open formatting requirements.
The Sept. 30 deadline will be a milestone for the data quality and accessibility improvements envisioned in a 2019 law known as the OPEN Government Data Act, capping a list of actions the Office of Management and Budget outlined for that implementation in the final days of the Biden administration. scoopmedia.co/4dwNGmj
🔎 Be sure to register for a webinar next week (Sept. 24) from Lauren Damme, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation, about the role of social scientists and policy researchers in evaluating AI-driven tools, systems and services. The webinar draws from her forthcoming paper, "Tested but Not Evaluated: Bringing Social Science Rigor to AI Evaluation."
📅 September 24, 2026
⌚ 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time
🔗 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…