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The '''Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act''' (Evidence Act) is a United States [[Law_of_the_United_States#Federal_law|law]] that establishes processes for the federal government to modernize its [[data management]] practices, evidence-building functions, and statistical efficiency to inform policy decisions.<ref name=HR4174>{{citation |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4174 |title=H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 |access-date= June 6, 2019 |publisher=[[Congress.gov]] }}</ref> The Evidence Act contains four parts ("titles"), which address evidence capacity, open data (''OPEN Government Data Act''),{{efn|The OPEN Government Data Act is Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act}}<ref>132 Stat. 5534</ref> and data confidentiality (the reauthorization of the [[Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.datacoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Evidence-Act-Web-version-2019.pdf|title=Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018|last=|first=|date=|website=Data Coalition|access-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref>
== Legislative history ==
The bill was introduced in the [[United States House|U.S. House of Representatives]] by former House Speaker [[Paul Ryan]] of [[Wisconsin]] on October 31, 2017.<ref name="HR4174" /> [[Patty Murray|Senator Patty Murray]] filed counterpart legislation in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Ryan and Sen. Murray acknowledged that the basis of the legislation was a set of recommendations issued by the [[U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking]]. The Evidence Act addresses half of the recommendations from that commission.<ref name=":0" />
In November 2017, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform advanced the bill, which was approved unanimously by the full House. The Senate advanced a modified version of the bill in December 2018, which returned to the House for a final vote. The U.S. president signed the bill into law on January 14, 2019.<ref name="HR4174" />
== Implementation ==
Federal agencies have undertaken extensive activities to support implementation of the Evidence Act, beginning in 2019. Many activities are documented in a report from the Data Foundation describing the status of the Evidence Commission's recommendations after 5-years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evidence Commission After 5 Years: A Progress Report on the Promise for a More Evidence-Informed Society |url=https://www.datafoundation.org/evidence-commission-after-5-years |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Data Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> The federal government also published new resources that describe implementation progress that reflect respective titles of the law. For example:
* Title 1 relates to evidence-building functions and evaluation with additional information available at [http://www.Evaluation.gov evaluation.gov]
* Title 2 relates to data management and chief data officers with additional information available at [http://Www.cdo.gov cdo.gov] and through the Federal Data Strategy
* Title 3 relates to statistical policy with additional information available at [http://www.statspolicy.gov statspolicy.gov]
==See also==
* [[Open data in the United States]]
* [[U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking]], est. March 2016
==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{citation |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/15/transparency-seeking-open-government-data-act-signed-into-law/ |title= Transparency-seeking OPEN Government Data Act signed into law |date= January 15, 2019 |work= [[TechCrunch]]}}
* {{citation |title=Modernizing U.S. Data Infrastructure: Design Considerations for Implementing a National Secure Data Service to Improve Statistics and Evidence Building |date=July 2020 |url=https://www.datafoundation.org/modernizing-us-data-infrastructure-2020 |publisher=Data Foundation |location= Washington, D.C. |author1= Nick Hart |author2= [[Nancy Potok]] }}
==External links==
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-15356/uslm/COMPS-15356.xml Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018] ([https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-15356/pdf/COMPS-15356.pdf PDF]/[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/COMPS-15356/ details]) as amended in the [[United States Government Publishing Office|GPO]] [https://www.govinfo.gov/help/comps Statute Compilations collection]
* [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4174 H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018] bill information on [[Congress.gov]]
* [https://www.datacoalition.org/resources/Documents/Evidence-Act-Web-version-2019%20(5).pdf Overview of the Evidence Act from the Data Foundation's Data Coalition]
* GSA Technology Transformation Services. [https://strategy.data.gov/action-plan/ Draft 2019-2020 Federal Data Strategy Action Plan]
* Data Coalition. [https://www.datacoalition.org/open-government-data-act/ OPEN Government Data Act] (assorted info from advocacy group supporting machine-readable data)
* Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB Mem. No. M-19-23, ''Phase 1 Implementation of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018: Learning Agendas, Personnel, and Planning Guidance'' (2019), https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/M-19-23.pdf
* Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, OMB Mem. No M-13-13, ''Open Data Policy---Managing Information as an Asset'' (2013), https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdf
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