Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
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| Long title | Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 |
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| Nicknames | Evidence Act |
| Enacted by | the 115th United States Congress |
| Effective | 01/14/2019 |
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| Public law | Pub.L. 115–435 |
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The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act; Pub. L. 115–435 (text) (PDF)) is a United States law that establishes processes for the federal government to modernize its data management practices, evidence-building functions, and statistical efficiency to inform policy decisions.[1] The Evidence Act contains four parts ("titles"), which address evidence capacity, open data (OPEN Government Data Act),[a][2] and data confidentiality (the reauthorization of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act).[3]
Legislative History
The bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by former House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on October 31, 2017.[1] Senator Patty Murray 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 Evidence Act addresses half of the recommendations from that commission.[3]
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.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ The OPEN Government Data Act is Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
References
- ^ a b c H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Congress.gov, retrieved June 6, 2019
- ^ 132 Stat. 5534
- ^ a b "Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018" (PDF). Data Coalition. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
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Further reading
- "Transparency-seeking OPEN Government Data Act signed into law", TechCrunch, January 15, 2019
- Nick Hart; Nancy Potok (July 2020), Modernizing U.S. Data Infrastructure: Design Considerations for Implementing a National Secure Data Service to Improve Statistics and Evidence Building, Washington, D.C.: Data Foundation
External links
- 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
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