Corinna Turbes
Promising signals from the White House on data ...

The budget proposal addresses core priorities from the Biden campaign and earlier policy announcements from the Administration, including for economic recovery, climate change, and equity.

Promising signals from the White House on data policy in FY 2022 Budget Request
Data Foundation
Promoting trust and transparency in the digital ...

As the volume of cross-border transactions continues to increase, the risk of fraud and criminal activity rises in unison. To combat this, organizations must be able to establish a stakeholder’s legal identity in order to facilitate trust and transparency in transactions worldwide.

Promoting trust and transparency in the digital economy
Data Foundation
Ensuring Meaningful Management and Use of ...

The Data Foundation’s Open Data Standards Task Force has issued recommendations that highlight areas where the federal government can take steps in 2021 to immediately institute improvements to financial regulatory data.

Ensuring Meaningful Management and Use of Financial Regulatory Data: Eight Policy Recommendations for the 2021 Transition
Data Foundation
Coronavirus Likely to Have Long-Term Impacts on ...

The response to COVID-19 using data around the globe suggests that, if societies want to combat future pandemics effectively, it is necessary, to employ new approaches to data governance. This will mean using evidence (data) to lead behavioral change.

Coronavirus Likely to Have Long-Term Impacts on Data Governance Strategies
Nick Hart
2019 in Review: A Year of Change and Growth at ...

Building on the great successes of the Data Foundation’s work in 2019, the next year is certain to bring even more opportunity, growth, and change as the organization launches new initiatives and projects to advance responsible policies for better using government data.

2019 in Review: A Year of Change and Growth at the Data Foundation

Data Policy

Charting the Future of Data for AI: PCAST Report Outlines Crucial Steps for Data Access and Collaboration

Charting the Future of Data for AI: PCAST Report Outlines Crucial Steps for Data Access and Collaboration

Fulfilling a requirement in the President’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), issued a report examining the importance of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into scientific research to accelerate discovery and address pressing global issues. The report, “Report to the President on Supercharging Research: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Meet Global Challenges,” outlines a proactive strategy for the responsible use of AI to enhance scientific endeavors. PCAST’s strategic blueprint underscores the pivotal role of federal leadership in providing the data necessary to propel innovation and sustain global competitiveness in AI technologies.