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Introduced
10/31/2017
10/31/2017
In Committee
11/02/2017
11/02/2017
Crossed Over
11/16/2017
11/16/2017
Passed
01/02/2019
01/02/2019
Dead
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 This bill requires departments and agencies identified in the Chief Financial Officers Act to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a plan for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of such departments and agencies.The plan must include: (1) a list of policy-relevant questions for developing evidence to support policymaking, and (2) a list of data for facilitating the use of evidence in policymaking. The OMB shall consolidate such plans into a unified evidence building plan. The bill establishes an Interagency Council on Evaluation Policy to assist the OMB in supporting government-wide evaluation activities and policies. The bill defines "evaluation" to mean an assessment using systematic data collection and analysis of one or more programs, policies, and organizations intended to assess their effectiveness and efficiency. Each department or agency shall designate a Chief Evaluation Officer to coordinate evidence-building activities and an official with statistical expertise to advise on statistical policy, techniques, and procedures. The OMB shall establish an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building to advise on expanding access to and use of federal data for evidence building. Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act This bill requires open government data assets to be published as machine-readable data. Each agency shall: (1) develop and maintain a comprehensive data inventory for all data assets created by or collected by the agency, and (2) designate a Chief Data Officer who shall be responsible for lifecycle data management and other specified functions. The bill establishes in the OMB a Chief Data Officer Council for establishing government-wide best practices for the use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data and for promoting data sharing agreements among agencies. Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2017 This bill codifies provisions relating to confidential information protection and statistical efficiency.
AI Summary
This bill:
Requires federal agencies to develop systematic plans for identifying and addressing policy-relevant questions, including listing the data needed, evaluation methods to be used, and any challenges. It establishes new roles of Evaluation Officer and Statistical Official within agencies to coordinate evidence-building activities. The bill also creates an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building to advise the Office of Management and Budget on expanding access to and use of federal data.
The bill, known as the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act, mandates that agencies make their data assets available in open, machine-readable formats under open licenses, with some exceptions for privacy, security, or legal restrictions. It establishes new requirements for agency data inventories and a federal data catalogue.
The bill also codifies the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act, which protects the confidentiality of data provided for statistical purposes, and allows for the sharing of business data among the Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics for statistical purposes.
Overall, the bill aims to increase the federal government's capacity for evidence-based policymaking through improved data management, evaluation, and data sharing practices.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs, Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (4)
Last Action
Presented to President. (on 01/02/2019)
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