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Commission on the use of Native
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4158.
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interested in the work of this advisory
committee are advised to go to the
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Monday, March 1, 2021 from 9:00 a.m.–
10:00 a.m.; (CT) and Wednesday, March
10, 2021 from 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
(CT).
I. Welcome and Roll Call
II. Announcements and Updates
III. Approval of Minutes
IV. Discussion of draft report
V. Public Comment
VI. Next Steps
VII. Adjournment
Dated: January 13, 2021.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs
Request for Comments for the
Advisory Committee on Data for
Evidence Building
Office of the Under Secretary
for Economic Affairs, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Foundations for
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of
2018 requires federal agencies to
modernize their data management
practices to develop and support
evidence-based policymaking. The Act
requires the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), or the
head of an agency designated by the
Director, to establish the Advisory
Committee on Data for Evidence
Building (Advisory Committee). In a
letter dated September 3, 2019, OMB
delegated managerial and administrative
responsibility for this Federal advisory
committee to the Department of
Commerce Office of Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs (OUSEA).
DATES: Comments must be received by
Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Docket ID—EAB–
2021–0001–0001.
• By email directly to Evidence@
bea.gov. Begin with the phrase
SUMMARY:
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‘‘Comments for the Advisory Committee
on Data for Evidence Building;’’ and
indicate which numbered questions
described in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION of this notice your
comments address. Comments by fax or
paper delivery will not be accepted.
Privacy Note: Comments submitted in
response to this notice may be made
available to the public through relevant
websites. Therefore, commenters should
only include information they wish to
make publicly available on the internet.
Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
Please note the confidentiality of
routine communication and responses
to this public comment request are
treated as public comments and may
therefore be made publicly available,
notwithstanding the inclusion of the
routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lucas Hitt, Designated Federal Official,
Advisory Committee on Data for
Evidence Building, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233 by email
Gianna Marrone (gianna.marrone@
bea.gov) or by phone (301) 278–9282.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Request for Comments
The Advisory Committee will review,
analyze, and make recommendations on
how to promote the use of data for
evidence building. The Advisory
Committee will evaluate and provide
recommendations to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget on
how to facilitate data sharing, data
linkage, and privacy enhancing
techniques in support of evidence
building. As part of its evaluation, the
Advisory Committee may consider best
practices to improve the safe and
appropriate access to data. The
Advisory Committee will consider the
coordination of data sharing and
availability of data for evidence building
across all agencies and levels of
government. The FRN commentators
may respond to any question and do not
need to respond to all questions.
This request for comments offers
researchers, evaluators, contractors,
government entities, and other
interested parties the opportunity to
inform the Committee’s work. This is a
general solicitation of comments from
the public. The Advisory Committee
will consider all feedback and
recommendations on core topics and
central issues such as:
• Capacity needs for secure data access
and record linkage.
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• Areas for research and development
on state-of-the-art data access and
data protection methods.
• How to protect privacy when using
personally identifiable information or
confidential business information in
support of evidence building.
• How to promote transparency and
facilitate public engagement with the
evidence building process.
• Agency needs for data management
and data stewardship services.
• How to best facilitate the needs of
researchers, evaluators, and other
evidence builders through a national
data service or similar approach.
Please clearly indicate which
question(s) you address in your
response and any evidence to support
assertions, where practicable.
Round 1
Central Questions—
1. What are the main challenges faced
by national, state/provincial, or local
governments that are trying to build a
basis for evidence-based policy? Briefly
describe the bottlenecks and pain-points
they face in the evidence-based
decision-making process.
2. What are examples of high-impact
data uses for evidence-based policy
making that successfully effected
change, reduced costs, or improved the
welfare of citizens?
3. Which frameworks, policies,
practices, or methods show promise in
overcoming challenges experienced by
governments in their evidence building?
4. The Commission on EvidenceBased Policymaking (See: www.cep.gov)
recommended the creation of a National
Secure Data Service (See Commission
Report at www.cep.gov). Do you agree
with this recommendation, and if so,
what should be the essential features of
a National Secure Data Service?
5. How can federal agencies protect
individual and organizational privacy
when using data for evidence building?
Recommend specific actions the Office
of Management and Budget and/or other
federal agencies can take when using
data for evidence building, as well as
suggested changes to federal laws,
policies, and procedures.
Secure Data Access—
6. If created, how should a data
service be structured to best facilitate (1)
research and development of secure
data access and confidentiality
technologies and methods, (2) and
agency adoption of those technologies
and techniques?
7. Government agencies have argued
that secure data access has value
because it (1) improves service delivery,
(2) improves efficiency (lowers costs),
(3) produces metrics for performance
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measurement, and (4) produces new
learnings/insights from the data. Which
of these propositions do you agree holds
value and why? Do you have examples
that demonstrate these benefits? Do you
have other examples of the value of
secure data access?
Data Services to Federal, State, Local
Agencies and the Public—
8. What are the most pressing data
needs of state and local decision makers
and how would making data accessible
from federal agencies help meet those
needs? To share data, what guarantees
do data owners (or data controllers)
need regarding privacy, data
stewardship, and retention?
9. What are the key problems and use
cases where collaborative work between
federal, state, and local authorities’ data
analysis can inform decisions? What are
key decision support tools? How would
greater communication about data and
tools benefit expanded evidence
building?
Infrastructure for Meeting Public and
Evidence Building Needs—
10. What basic public data services
are essential for a data service to address
existing capacity gaps and needs? What
infrastructure or incentives can the
federal government create that locals
and states cannot?
Dated: December 9, 2020.
Gianna Marrone,
Assistant Designated Federal Official,
Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence
Building.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
Request for Comments for the Advisory Committee on Data for
Evidence Building
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department
of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
requires federal agencies to modernize their data management practices
to develop and support evidence-based policymaking. The Act requires
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), or the head
of an agency designated by the Director, to establish the Advisory
Committee on Data for Evidence Building (Advisory Committee). In a
letter dated September 3, 2019, OMB delegated managerial and
administrative responsibility for this Federal advisory committee to
the Department of Commerce Office of Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs (OUSEA).
DATES: Comments must be received by Tuesday, February 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Docket
ID--EAB-2021-0001-0001.
By email directly to [email protected]. Begin with the
phrase
[[Page 5132]]
``Comments for the Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building;''
and indicate which numbered questions described in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION of this notice your comments address. Comments by fax or
paper delivery will not be accepted.
Privacy Note: Comments submitted in response to this notice may be
made available to the public through relevant websites. Therefore,
commenters should only include information they wish to make publicly
available on the internet. Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Please note the confidentiality of routine communication and
responses to this public comment request are treated as public comments
and may therefore be made publicly available, notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucas Hitt, Designated Federal
Official, Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233 by email Gianna Marrone
([email protected]) or by phone (301) 278-9282.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Advisory Committee will review, analyze, and make
recommendations on how to promote the use of data for evidence
building. The Advisory Committee will evaluate and provide
recommendations to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
on how to facilitate data sharing, data linkage, and privacy enhancing
techniques in support of evidence building. As part of its evaluation,
the Advisory Committee may consider best practices to improve the safe
and appropriate access to data. The Advisory Committee will consider
the coordination of data sharing and availability of data for evidence
building across all agencies and levels of government. The FRN
commentators may respond to any question and do not need to respond to
all questions.
This request for comments offers researchers, evaluators,
contractors, government entities, and other interested parties the
opportunity to inform the Committee's work. This is a general
solicitation of comments from the public. The Advisory Committee will
consider all feedback and recommendations on core topics and central
issues such as:
Capacity needs for secure data access and record linkage.
Areas for research and development on state-of-the-art data
access and data protection methods.
How to protect privacy when using personally identifiable
information or confidential business information in support of evidence
building.
How to promote transparency and facilitate public engagement
with the evidence building process.
Agency needs for data management and data stewardship
services.
How to best facilitate the needs of researchers, evaluators,
and other evidence builders through a national data service or similar
approach.
Please clearly indicate which question(s) you address in your
response and any evidence to support assertions, where practicable.
Round 1
Central Questions--
1. What are the main challenges faced by national, state/
provincial, or local governments that are trying to build a basis for
evidence-based policy? Briefly describe the bottlenecks and pain-points
they face in the evidence-based decision-making process.
2. What are examples of high-impact data uses for evidence-based
policy making that successfully effected change, reduced costs, or
improved the welfare of citizens?
3. Which frameworks, policies, practices, or methods show promise
in overcoming challenges experienced by governments in their evidence
building?
4. The Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (See: www.cep.gov)
recommended the creation of a National Secure Data Service (See
Commission Report at www.cep.gov). Do you agree with this
recommendation, and if so, what should be the essential features of a
National Secure Data Service?
5. How can federal agencies protect individual and organizational
privacy when using data for evidence building? Recommend specific
actions the Office of Management and Budget and/or other federal
agencies can take when using data for evidence building, as well as
suggested changes to federal laws, policies, and procedures.
Secure Data Access--
6. If created, how should a data service be structured to best
facilitate (1) research and development of secure data access and
confidentiality technologies and methods, (2) and agency adoption of
those technologies and techniques?
7. Government agencies have argued that secure data access has
value because it (1) improves service delivery, (2) improves efficiency
(lowers costs), (3) produces metrics for performance measurement, and
(4) produces new learnings/insights from the data. Which of these
propositions do you agree holds value and why? Do you have examples
that demonstrate these benefits? Do you have other examples of the
value of secure data access?
Data Services to Federal, State, Local Agencies and the Public--
8. What are the most pressing data needs of state and local
decision makers and how would making data accessible from federal
agencies help meet those needs? To share data, what guarantees do data
owners (or data controllers) need regarding privacy, data stewardship,
and retention?
9. What are the key problems and use cases where collaborative work
between federal, state, and local authorities' data analysis can inform
decisions? What are key decision support tools? How would greater
communication about data and tools benefit expanded evidence building?
Infrastructure for Meeting Public and Evidence Building Needs--
10. What basic public data services are essential for a data
service to address existing capacity gaps and needs? What
infrastructure or incentives can the federal government create that
locals and states cannot?
Dated: December 9, 2020.
Gianna Marrone,
Assistant Designated Federal Official, Advisory Committee on Data for
Evidence Building.
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