The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act) is a United States
law
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that establishes processes for the federal government to modernize its
data management
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Concept
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practices, evidence-building functions, and statistical efficiency to inform policy decisions.
The Evidence Act contains four parts ("titles"), which address evidence capacity, open data (''OPEN Government Data Act''),
[132 Stat. 5534] and data confidentiality (the reauthorization of the
).
Legislative history
The bill was introduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives
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by former House Speaker
Paul Ryan
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of
Wisconsin
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on October 31, 2017.
filed counterpart legislation in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Ryan and Sen. Murray acknowledged that the basis of the legislation was a set of recommendations issued by the
U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
The U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking was a 15-member agency in the federal government charged by the US Congress and the President with examining how government could better use its existing data to provide evidence for future gover ...
. The Evidence Act addresses half of the recommendations from that commission.
In November 2017, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform advanced the bill, which was approved unanimously by the full House. The Senate advanced a modified version of the bill in December 2018, which returned to the House for a final vote. The U.S. president signed the bill into law on January 14, 2019.
See also
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Open data in the United States Open data in the United States refers to the Federal government of the United States' perspectives, policies, and practices regarding open data.
History
In the 1970s the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began releasing weather inform ...
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U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
The U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking was a 15-member agency in the federal government charged by the US Congress and the President with examining how government could better use its existing data to provide evidence for future gover ...
, est. March 2016
Notes
References
Further reading
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External links
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018PDFdetails
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br>Statute Compilations collection
H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
bill information on Congress.gov
* GSA Technology Transformation Services
Draft 2019-2020 Federal Data Strategy Action Plan
* Data Coalition
OPEN Government Data Act
(assorted info from advocacy group supporting machine-readable data)
* Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB Mem. No. M-19-23, ''Phase 1 Implementation of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018: Learning Agendas, Personnel, and Planning Guidance'' (2019), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/M-19-23.pdf
* Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB Mem. No M-13-13, ''Open Data Policy---Managing Information as an Asset'' (2013), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdf
Acts of the 115th United States Congress
Data laws of the Americas
Open government in the United States
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