When It Comes to Data, Context Is King

Barrett & Greene

Simply showing information one or two years back can have the perverse effect of misleading people when the most recent historical data was misleading.

Webinar: Finding Data to Drive Improved Performance (Jan 24, 8 a.m. Eastern)

Association of Government Accountants      

While awash in data, clear insights helping government and those it funds improve performance and efficiency are hard to come by. That’s why investment in data infrastructure at every level – federal, state, and local – benefits everyone up and down the federal financial assistance funding chain. 

Progress and Promise: Evidence Act and Chief Data Officers

Ted Kaouk, LinkedIn

Last week, I closed out my term as Chair of the [federal Chief Data Officers] council and wanted to take this opportunity to share a review of the progress we’ve made.

 State and Local Learning Agenda: Blueprint for Strategies to Reduce Poverty

J-PAL North America

Drawing on conversations with 20 state and local governments and 25 J-PAL affiliated researchers as well as 137 research proposals submitted over the past five years, this report lays out key areas where new or additional research is best positioned to address barriers to mobility from poverty.

Resource of the Week:  Harnessing the Power of Data Sharing Agreements

Open Data Policy Lab

Data collaborations can be critical in harnessing the kinds of data needed to develop insights that can inform impactful decisions. Here are three documents that seek to help data stewards in the public and private sector address common barriers to forming a data sharing agreement.