H.R. 4174 · 115th Congress · enacted
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-435.
Latest official action 2019-01-14 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 This bill requires agency data to be accessible and requires agencies to plan to develop statistical evidence to support policymaking. TITLE I--FEDERAL EVIDENCE-BUILDING ACTIVITIES (Sec. 101) The bill requires agencies to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a systematic plan for identifying and addressing policy questions. The plan must include, among other things questions for developing evidence to support policymaking; data the agency intends to collect, use, or acquire to facilitate the use of evidence in policymaking; methods and analytical approaches that may be used to develop evidence to support policymaking; and challenges to developing evidence to support policymaking, including any statutory or other restrictions to accessing relevant data. Each agency shall designate a senior employee as 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. Agency strategic plans shall contain an assessment of the coverage, quality, methods, effectiveness, and independence of the agency's statistics, evaluation, research, and analysis efforts. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall submit to Con…
Congressional Research Service · 2019-01-14
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