Nick Hart, PhD

President & CEO @Data_Foundation | @datacoalition. Fellow @napawash & @bpc_bipartisan. #opendata #ai #evaluation #evidencebased

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

We won three #AnthemAwards! Silver for Sonia Wang's leadership on climate and environmental data, plus Bronze for our Center for Climate and Environmental Data's partnerships and for our research on federal data infrastructure. https://t.co/r6Ybin8GU8

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

It’s not the American people’s obligation to trust government data. Government has to earn that trust--and keep earning it.

A thought for this election weekend, from my new piece with Taka Ariga in @fulcrum_us:
https://t.co/74an0yVbH4

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

What's happening with the Evidence Act? Our new brief reviews all 24 CFO Act agencies: none meets all 5 core requirements, and 11 of 72 senior data and evidence posts are vacant. Most gaps can be closed under existing law.

https://t.co/R3gdIyZBdX
#EvidenceAct

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Washington had a Federal Data Strategy. America needs a national one.

My colleague Taka Ariga explains the @data_foundation's community-led effort to shape how data serves the country:
https://t.co/kV0FPQtD0N

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

About half of FRED's visitors are now AI agents. @stlouisfed is getting ready with an #AI connector, and every agency that publishes data should take notes. My new op-ed in @NextgovFCW: https://t.co/5UF6O47KJI

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Now hiring at @NASA -- a new #CDO: https://t.co/nijnRo1zsi

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Americans value federal statistics more than they trust them and we can work to address this. New @data_foundation brief using Census Bureau data:

📊 74.8% say policymakers need federal statistics
📊 51.5% say they trust them

Measuring trust is how gov't can start to earn it. https://t.co/PX8rQQLys8

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

A few years ago, a rare diagnosis, and then another, had me carrying my own medical records between health systems on CDs and USB drives.

On Monday, at the @MAHA_Institute's Open Data Summit, I heard federal health officials describe how they are working to fix that. What stood out was how neutral and substance-forward the conversation about data was: open data paired with privacy protections, outcomes over process, data standards and governance, and transparency in research. That is the cross-partisan language of evidence-based policymaking.

🔗 A few scenes from the day, and my full reflections here: https://t.co/83dMS4ksLR

#opendata #CMS #EvidenceBased #Privacy #MAHA

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Joined @GovNavigators this week to debrief #govDATAx and talk federal data: the progress agencies are making, balancing representation with privacy, and why good public data is key to fighting fraud. (Yes, Jaws came up.) Thanks to @Allocore for sponsoring.

https://t.co/4M5eVAQEid

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

The @Data_Foundation is launching a process to create a National Data Strategy -- more here: https://t.co/lUSwe3BnS3

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

If you aren't listening to Data for the People! You are missing out! More -- > https://t.co/N8FZEvSEWg

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Check out my latest article: Killer Robots: Claude Literally Killed Me, and I'm Still Here to Tell the Story https://t.co/ygGypM579S via @LinkedIn

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Congress heads home for August recess this week. The work of shaping federal data infrastructure doesn't.

Right now there are open data plans, information collection requests, and proposed rules out for public comment. Each one shapes what data gets collected, protected, and made usable. Each one is a chance for the data and evidence community to weigh in.

A principle we keep coming back to: volume is not the standard. Substance is. That's what the @Data_Foundation's Expert Engagement Guides are built for—comments that land with weight, not just numbers. There's one for proposed rulemakings and one for Information Collection Requests.

There's an open comment period out there with your name on it. Guides linked 👇

Both Expert Engagement Guides are available here: https://t.co/tWDpKk4Iui

For Evidence Act resources that complement them: https://t.co/A9oPsezjbR

Questions? Reach us at [email protected]

#OpenData #EvidenceAct #PublicComment #FederalData

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Here's a short, nonpartisan explainer on the new U.S. Department of Commerce privacy order (DAO 216-26), and what it does and doesn't mean for federal government data.

The @data_foundation takes no position on the order. We are here to help decision-makers, policymakers, and our community understand the facts.

Full explainer and fact sheet: https://t.co/pggjAQv7Bj

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

Searching hundreds of federal Evidence Act PDFs is officially a thing of the past.

🚀 Meet Evi, the new AI assistant for the Evidence Act Hub.

Ask questions in plain language about federal Learning Agendas, Evaluation Plans, and Capacity Assessments, and receive citation-backed answers in seconds.

🔎 Grounded in official Hub documents
📄 Inline source citations
⚡ Compare agencies & track priorities over time

Try Evi: https://t.co/WQx2Uhho5v

#AI #GovTech #EvidenceAct #PublicPolicy

[Data Coalition @DataCoalition]

🎙️ New webinar alert! On July 15, join Tom Dunlap & Kirke Cushing for a discussion on strengthening data infrastructure in private markets as millions of Americans gain exposure to the asset class. Save your seat 👇
https://t.co/W8sRX5poHR #DataGovernance #PrivateMarkets

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

The founders were data people.
I know — not the phrase you expected! But counting was America's first act of self-government, in Article One.
Good data doesn't belong to a party. It belongs to the country. Happy Fourth. Let's keep moving forward.

#America250 #OpenData #US250 #1776to2026

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

The most effective expert comments aren't the loudest. They're the ones agencies can't ignore on the merits.
Proud to share two new Expert Engagement Guides from @data_foundation's Center for Evidence Capacity, on commenting on rulemakings and information collections --> https://t.co/tWDpKk4Iui

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

What should the future of evaluation look like?

In a new article for New Directions for Evaluation, Data Foundation President & CEO @NickRHart argues for evaluation that is better, cheaper, faster, and more usable for decision-makers.

From strategic prioritization to AI-enabled learning, he outlines a roadmap for strengthening evidence-building in government.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/uI5FtUTCdL

#Evaluation #EvidenceBasedPolicy #DataFoundation

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Government spends trillions and rarely asks: does it work?

Time to fix that. My new piece in @GovExec

🔗 https://t.co/jrlZ4hYKnO