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Data Foundation retweeted
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…
Data Foundation retweeted
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Data Foundation retweeted
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
Data Foundation retweeted
🔎 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…
Data Foundation retweeted
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
Data Foundation retweeted
The @Data_Foundation is launching a process to create a National Data Strategy -- more here: linkedin.com/posts/nickrhart…
Data Foundation retweeted
The Data Foundation’s new AI assistant surfaces statistical evidence and policy-supporting data underpinning the ultra-dense 2018 law.
Read more by @MattBracken: fedscoop.com/evidence-act-da…
Data Foundation retweeted
📊 What comes next for the Financial Data Transparency Act?
Tomorrow, GLEIF’s Peter Warms will join a @data_foundation panel exploring the next phase of #FDTA implementation and the role of the #LEI in federal financial regulatory reporting.
Register now: datafoundation.org/events/vi…
Data Foundation retweeted
Congress heads home for August recess this week. The work of shaping federal data infrastructure doesn't.
Right now there are open data plans, information collection requests, and proposed rules out for public comment. Each one shapes what data gets collected, protected, and made usable. Each one is a chance for the data and evidence community to weigh in.
A principle we keep coming back to: volume is not the standard. Substance is. That's what the @Data_Foundation's Expert Engagement Guides are built for—comments that land with weight, not just numbers. There's one for proposed rulemakings and one for Information Collection Requests.
There's an open comment period out there with your name on it. Guides linked 👇
Both Expert Engagement Guides are available here: datafoundation.org/news/blog…
For Evidence Act resources that complement them: EvidenceAct.org
Questions? Reach us at [email protected]
#OpenData #EvidenceAct #PublicComment #FederalData
Data Foundation retweeted
The founders were data people.
I know — not the phrase you expected! But counting was America's first act of self-government, in Article One.
Good data doesn't belong to a party. It belongs to the country. Happy Fourth. Let's keep moving forward.
#America250 #OpenData #US250 #1776to2026
Data Foundation retweeted
The most effective expert comments aren't the loudest. They're the ones agencies can't ignore on the merits.
Proud to share two new Expert Engagement Guides from @data_foundation's Center for Evidence Capacity, on commenting on rulemakings and information collections --> datafoundation.org/news/blog…
Data Foundation retweeted
Private markets have outgrown the data infrastructure needed to track their risk.
A new @Data_Foundation paper recommends mandating the Legal Entity Identifier (#LEI) across private markets to strengthen #Transparency, counterparty identification, and fraud detection.
datafoundation.org/news/repo…
Data Foundation retweeted
🏛️ The countdown is on! Thrilled to partner with @data_foundation for #DataSummit2026 on June 4 in Washington, D.C.
We’re diving deep into the future of public data:
🤖 AI
🏥 Public health
🍃 Climate risk management
Secure your spot today! 👇
hubs.ly/Q04jyFFn0
Data Foundation retweeted
Our 2026 Data Summit is two weeks away! If you haven’t secured your spot yet for this full-day convening on Thursday, June 4, in Washington, D.C., now is the time: eventbrite.com/e/regtech-dat…
Data Foundation retweeted
[2/2] Later, we will also have with us Ken Bagstad, Senior Fellow at the @data_foundation.
He will provide a richer understanding of risk, recent insights from the climate-nature-economy nexus.
📅 05/28
⏰ 12:00 PM
+info 👇
🔗bc3research.org/es/evento/a-…
Data Foundation retweeted
Be sure to register for the @data_foundation 2026 Data Summit, Thursday June 4 in Washington, DC, focusing on public data as a strategic infrastructure. Get details and register now: datafoundation.org/pages/202…
Data Foundation retweeted
Improper payments affect over $150 billion per year in federal spending -- that's too much. Treasury's Do Not Pay system was designed to help address this, but only 4% of programs are using it.
Today, the @Data_Foundation is endorsing the Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act ahead of tomorrow's markup in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The bill includes a strong privacy framework. It preserves independent verification before any adverse action, maintains confidentiality obligations, establishes congressional oversight and public reporting, and streamlines administrative processes — all without eliminating the protections that matter.
Privacy and program effectiveness aren't at odds. They reinforce each other. This bill removes targeted administrative barriers while preserving core safeguards. We're urging the Committee to advance this bill in its mark-up on April 29th.
--> datafoundation.org/news/pres…
Data Foundation retweeted
Military-connected students move often; their IEPs shouldn't restart with each move.
On April 28, @ErinMote joins @data_foundation to discuss "Moving with the Mission" and standardizing IEP interoperability.
Register: tinyurl.com/4z764ua9
#DataInteroperability
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Data Foundation retweeted
Check out this #podcast on the Case for Standardizing the Way We Report #Climate and #Environmental Data from the @data_foundation Climate Data Collaborative: buzzsprout.com/2571337/episo… @xbrlus
Data Foundation retweeted
Chronic absenteeism requires a smarter way to coordinate data across the K-12 ecosystem.
On 4/28, Kate Cochran joins @Data_Foundation to discuss data frameworks and public-private partnerships to support student success.
Register: tinyurl.com/4z764ua9
#EdTech #K12
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