Nancy Potok

National Secure Data Service comes into focus through semiconductor bill

With its National Secure Data Service pilot, the National Science Foundation is pushing Evidence Act efforts forward. Ultimately, NSDS aims to create temporary…

Federal Insights

White House wants agencies to increase, improve collection of LGBTQ data

Big Data

Dr. Nancy Potok

Doctor Nancy Potok is co-author of the Data Foundation's proposal for a national data service … and former chief statistician of the United States

Could a national data service help leaders make better decisions?

Technology

OMB adds 4 new action items for agencies to meet next year in finalized Federal Data Strategy

Big Data

Exclusive

Federal deputy CIO Graves to move on to private sector

People

Section 809 panel report IT acquisition papers files computer technology

Agencies extend public comment period for some proposals after Regulations.gov outage

Federal Newscast

Chief Statistician Nancy Potok, driving force behind data transformation, to retire by year’s end

People

OMB rethinks ‘protected’ or ‘open’ data binary with upcoming Evidence Act guidance

Big Data

Where does the Federal Data Strategy go from here? Evidence panel members revisit ideas

Big Data

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Federal data as a strategic asset: a conversation with Nancy Potok

The Business of Government Hour

OMB: Evidence Act guidance in ‘very last stages’ of clearance process

Big Data

Evidence-based policy bill passage sets stage for upcoming federal data strategy

The new law requires agencies to appoint a chief evaluation officer, whose job will involve asking key questions about the effectiveness of agency programs,…

Open Data/Transparency

How a ‘culture shift’ at SBA got program offices to embrace evaluations

Some agencies are linking data to performance management in order to make more informed, evidence-based decisions about spending on their programs.

Big Data

Lawmakers mulling evidence-based policymaking to help agencies tell stories with data

Technology

Evidence-based policymaking isn’t necessarily to let others look over the shoulders of federal programs, but rather to help those programs succeed.