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Improper payments affect over $150 billion per year in federal spending -- that's too much. Treasury's Do Not Pay system was designed to help address this, but only 4% of programs are using it. Today, the @Data_Foundation is endorsing the Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act ahead of tomorrow's markup in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The bill includes a strong privacy framework. It preserves independent verification before any adverse action, maintains confidentiality obligations, establishes congressional oversight and public reporting, and streamlines administrative processes — all without eliminating the protections that matter. Privacy and program effectiveness aren't at odds. They reinforce each other. This bill removes targeted administrative barriers while preserving core safeguards.  We're urging the Committee to advance this bill in its mark-up on April 29th. --> datafoundation.org/news/press-rel…

Military-connected students move often; their IEPs shouldn't restart with each move. On April 28, @ErinMote joins @data_foundation to discuss "Moving with the Mission" and standardizing IEP interoperability. Register: tinyurl.com/4z764ua9 #DataInteroperability

Check out this #podcast on the Case for Standardizing the Way We Report #Climate and #Environmental Data from the @data_foundation Climate Data Collaborative: buzzsprout.com/2571337/episod… @xbrlus

Chronic absenteeism requires a smarter way to coordinate data across the K-12 ecosystem. On 4/28, Kate Cochran joins @Data_Foundation to discuss data frameworks and public-private partnerships to support student success. Register: tinyurl.com/4z764ua9 #EdTech #K12

How do we build a public data infrastructure that supports AI in education? On 4/28, @ErinMote joins @Data_Foundation to discuss "Building the Public Data and Compute Infrastructure for Education in the AI Era." Register: tinyurl.com/4z764ua9 #AIinEdu #GenesisMission #K12

This week, key House leaders introduced the SECURE Data Act and GUARD Financial Data Act, the most significant federal privacy effort in years. As someone who has worked on federal data policy for decades, I welcome this step and the historic coordination between the House Committee on Energy and Commerce & U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. But we also have work to do. Meaningful privacy protection requires more than rights on paper, it requires accountability mechanisms that make those rights enforceable in practice. That means data protection impact assessments, proportionate safeguards against reidentification risks, and careful attention to preemption. Our most durable national privacy and transparency laws — the Privacy Act, the Evidence Act, OPEN Government Data Act, CIPSEA — were all built on bipartisan consensus. That's the standard this effort should meet. My full statement on behalf of the @data_foundation --> datafoundation.org/news/press-rel… #privacy #transparency

Thanks for a great event. Learn more about the Climate Data Collaborative's contributions to the climate and environmental data ecosystem here: datafoundation.org/pages/Climate-…

Climate & Environmental Data Day is happening today at the National Academies of Sciences as part of #DCClimateWeek! We're bringing together experts & leaders to dig into current challenges, opportunities, and the future of climate data — follow along for updates! 🌎

The systems behind climate & environmental data are under real pressure. Next week at #DCClimateWeek, we're convening leaders from across the space to discuss how we can move the field forward. buff.ly/lFvqcPd

We're excited to be co-hosting Climate & Environmental Data Day during #DCClimateWeek alongside partners from across the data + environment space, bringing together a full day of conversation on coordination, disruption, and the future of climate data: buff.ly/lFvqcPd

Climate data underpins trillions in decisions. So what happens when the systems behind it are under pressure? We're digging into that question at Climate & Environmental Data Day, a full-day convening bringing together experts & leaders across sectors: buff.ly/lFvqcPd

The federal government reported more than $160 billion in improper payments last year. Over $45 billion of that traces back to failures in death, identity, and marital status verification -- not fraud, but a data infrastructure problem. Today the @data_foundation is releasing "Program Integrity Through Data Infrastructure," a flagship product of our year-long Fiscal Intelligence Initiative, supported by the The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The report lays out policy options for shifting the government away from a pay-and-chase model toward preventative screening -- with real scorable savings potential for the current budget moment. 📰 Press release announcing the full report with ten ranked policy options -- datafoundation.org/news/press-rel… 📕 Full report with ten ranked options that span three categories: data infrastructure enhancements, verification system modernization, and coordination and innovation -- datafoundation.org/news/reports/8… 📜 Policy brief with top five options -- datafoundation.org/news/reports/8…

How do we prepare public decision-makers for tomorrow's challenges, not just today's? Join @data_foundation and @USGAO for a webinar on strategic foresight for evaluators—exploring practices to generate insight into how and why the future might be different from the present. April 7, 1-2 PM ET Register: buff.ly/sbX0kIH

🎯 Shape AI-driven scientific discovery Join our virtual forum April 28 on the Genesis Mission Executive Order—examining university-federal research collaborations, workforce pathways, and data governance frameworks. Fast-paced format. Speaking slots open. Submit: buff.ly/KWiyo2C #GenesisMission #HigherEd

🤖 30% of federal Chief Data Officers now also serve as Chief AI Officers New survey from the Data Foundation & Deloitte shows CDOs are at the center of government AI adoption—96% collaborate with AI leadership at least monthly, 64% deeply involved in AI data governance, 30% also serve as Chief AI Officers. Read the full report: buff.ly/Y84WtMo

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States need data tools and incentives to stop improper federal payments, argues Data Foundation Senior Fellow @marcjoffe in a new op-ed in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/financ…

Join us on 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟐 𝐩.𝐦. 𝐄𝐓 for a virtual webinar to explore why accurate, detailed, and comparable data on race and ethnicity matter for policymaking, funding distribution, and program evaluation across the federal landscape. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🌍 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 for our 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 on managing environmental risk through better data. Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact us at info@datafoundation.org. This year's summit will address the following questions: 🌄 What is the better future we are working towards, and why? 💻 What are the data needs? 🧑‍💼 Who needs the data? 🛰️ How are they getting that data? Learn more about sponsorship levels and benefits here: buff.ly/oQjlm0y Please note we have also 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 for attendees through the end of March. Register now: buff.ly/tQCRHBy

@urbaninstitute Listen to the full episode here: buzzsprout.com/2571337/episod… Read a short summary of the conversation here: datafoundation.org/news/data-for-…

On the latest episode of Data for the People!, Claire McKay Bowen of the @urbaninstitute discusses the role federal statistics play in our daily lives, strategies for communicating the value of government data, and her vision for the future of data sharing and data privacy.