Long title | Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 |
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Nicknames | Evidence Act |
Enacted by | the 115th United States Congress |
Effective | 01/14/2019 |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L. 115–435 (text) (PDF) |
Legislative history | |
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The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act) is a United States law that establishes processes for the federal government to modernize its data management practices, evidence-building functions, and statistical efficiency to inform policy decisions. [1] The Evidence Act contains four parts ("titles"), which address evidence capacity, open data (OPEN Government Data Act), [a] [2] and data confidentiality (the reauthorization of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act). [3]
The bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by former House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on October 31, 2017. [1] 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. [3]
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. [1]
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. [4] The federal government also published new resources that describe implementation progress that reflect respective titles of the law. For example:
Long title | Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 |
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Nicknames | Evidence Act |
Enacted by | the 115th United States Congress |
Effective | 01/14/2019 |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L. 115–435 (text) (PDF) |
Legislative history | |
|
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act) is a United States law that establishes processes for the federal government to modernize its data management practices, evidence-building functions, and statistical efficiency to inform policy decisions. [1] The Evidence Act contains four parts ("titles"), which address evidence capacity, open data (OPEN Government Data Act), [a] [2] and data confidentiality (the reauthorization of the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act). [3]
The bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by former House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin on October 31, 2017. [1] 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. [3]
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. [1]
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. [4] The federal government also published new resources that describe implementation progress that reflect respective titles of the law. For example: