3.0.0 2046 2023-01-11T13:38:12Z 2023-01-11T13:38:12Z Senate S 2017-10-31 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-31T21:34:31Z Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 115 4174 HR 2019-01-14 Became Public Law No: 115-435. Identical bill CRS 2017-10-31 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-10-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-10-31 True S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2017-12-19 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-03-13 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2018-07-25 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2018-09-24 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2018-12-19 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Business records Census and government statistics Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government information and archives Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Performance measurement Policy sciences Right of privacy Technology assessment Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-10-31 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-15T21:24:17Z Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017

This bill requires departments and agencies identified in the Chief Financial Officers Act to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a plan for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of such departments and agencies.The plan must include: (1) a list of policy-relevant questions for developing evidence to support policymaking, and (2) a list of data for facilitating the use of evidence in policymaking.

The OMB shall consolidate such plans into a unified evidence building plan.

The bill provides statutory authority for the Interagency Council on Evaluation Policy. The council assists the OMB in supporting government-wide evaluation activities and policies. The bill defines "evaluation" to mean an assessment using systematic data collection and analysis of one or more programs, policies, and organizations intended to assess their effectiveness and efficiency.

Each department or agency shall designate a Chief Evaluation Officer to coordinate evidence-building activities and an official with statistical expertise to advise on statistical policy, techniques, and procedures.

The OMB shall establish an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building to advise on expanding access to and use of federal data for evidence building.

Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act

This bill requires open government data assets to be published as machine-readable data.

Each agency shall: (1) develop and maintain a comprehensive data inventory for all data assets created by or collected by the agency, and (2) designate a Chief Data Officer who shall be responsible for lifecycle data management and other specified functions.

The bill establishes in the OMB a Chief Data Officer Council for establishing government-wide best practices for the use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data and for promoting data sharing agreements among agencies.

Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2017

This bill codifies provisions relating to confidential information protection and statistical efficiency.

]]> Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 Display Title Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill OPEN Government Data Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles 5 and 44, United States Code, to require Federal evaluation activities, improve Federal data management, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2046is/xml/BILLS-115s2046is.xml 2017-10-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.