Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act

DHS vows greater transparency, evidence building under new statistics office

The new office aims to bring more transparency and evidence-based decision-making to DHS, but it will require the buy-in of the department’s many components.

Open Data/Transparency

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State Department aims to build on open-source effort to track war crimes in Ukraine

Big Data

Exclusive

From IT to workforce to CX, agencies must justify their investments decisions in 2024

Budget

Library of Congress

Agencies advised to think ahead when working PMA goals into strategic plans

Management

How agencies are actually using data and data science to evaluate programs

Management

Advisory panel outlines how agencies can meet ‘open data by default’ goal

Big Data

Wikipedia

EPA’s Evidence Act officer honored for using data in program evaluation

People

Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, reopens in a limited capacity in Washington, Monday, May 10, 2021. Fencing remains in place around the park which will allow the Secret Service to temporarily close the park as they deem necessary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Secure Data Service takes shape as advisory committee drafts report to OMB

Agency Oversight

Dusk settles over the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

OMB memo elevates evidence-building as ‘need-to-have,’ evaluation experts say

Agency Oversight

OMB memo tells agencies to back up future budget requests with evidence

Agency Oversight

Biden memo enhances independence of federal scientists from political appointees

Agency Oversight

Federal CDOs still lack clarity around responsibilities, report finds

Most federal chief data officers have experience with their organizations, but that doesn’t always mean they know where they stand.

Big Data

FILE- In this July 8, 2020 file photo, Eric Antosh has a nasal swab taken by a nurse at a COVID-19 testing site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York broke a COVID-19 testing record Friday, July 31, 2020, by conducting 82,737 tests, the highest number ever conducted in a single day in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday in a written statement. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers hope to secure more funding for NIH’s coronavirus efforts

In today’s Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing for more funding for the National Institutes of Health.

Federal Newscast

Government cyber incidents continue downward trend

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, the number of cybersecurity incidents across government is down for a second straight year.