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We're a finalist in three categories of the 6th Annual #AnthemAwards! Vote by October 29: open each category at https://t.co/fgcGYBvYSX, scroll to our entry, and click "celebrate." It's one vote per category, so please celebrate all three. Video shows how.

[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

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

We're a finalist in three categories of the 6th Annual #AnthemAwards! Vote by October 29: open each category at https://t.co/fgcGYBvYSX, scroll to our entry, and click "celebrate." It's one vote per category, so please celebrate all three. Video shows how.

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

The FDTA joint rule took effect Oct. 1, but that was just phase 1. On 11/4, join the Data Foundation to take stock of where the Financial Data Transparency Act stands, what covered agencies do next, and why reliable data matters more every year. https://t.co/uRlHqun3A6

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Without a common vocabulary, climate, nature, and economic data is hard to trust and reuse. On 10/29 at 1 p.m. ET, get an introduction to the Semantic Commons for CNE, a new Data Foundation initiative piloting with wildfire and forestry data. https://t.co/ZT0FNXZvMX

[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

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

Looking for a monthly roundup of what's happening in the world of data policy?

Subscribe to the Data Foundation newsletter for expert analysis, new reports, podcast episodes, event updates, and insights on topics like AI, financial transparency, climate and environmental data, and evidence-based policymaking.

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Movement generosity in practice: At DC Climate Week, we co-organized Climate and Environmental Data Day with The Impact Project, Open Environmental Data Project (OEDP), the Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP), the @EPIConservation (EPIC), and the @eesionline (EESI), bringing data stewardship partners into one room to share the state of the field. 📸

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As shifting federal priorities reshape U.S. climate and environmental data work, more organizations than ever are focused on data. Sonia Wang, Senior Director of our Center for Climate and Environmental Data, explains how those organizations are working together. 🧵

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@sachimulkey @katemyoder @grist As they explain, a single expert funded by Climate Reserve "could split their time between two organizations, allowing them to coordinate on similar projects and reduce redundancy."

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After the GAO found it could not confirm that six federal agencies properly controlled DOGE access to federal systems and data, the Data Foundation is urging transparency and verification: https://t.co/oQl42scqCy

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Last week, Data Foundation President and CEO @NickRHart attended the MAHA Institute's Open Data Summit. He observes in a new blog post that in today’s hyperpoliticized climate, many of the ideas shared during the data summit were refreshingly cross-partisan.

🔗 Read more of his takeaways from the data summit: https://t.co/ah2ApaTgFX

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Five initiatives, nine Senior Fellows, 30+ events, and 15+ publications later, our Center for Climate and Environmental Data is celebrating two years of making climate and environmental data more reliable, accessible, and useful. Read the retrospective: https://t.co/OPGrRBEEQm

[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

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🔎 Be sure to register for a webinar next week (Sept. 24) from Lauren Damme, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation, about the role of social scientists and policy researchers in evaluating AI-driven tools, systems and services. The webinar draws from her forthcoming paper, "Tested but Not Evaluated: Bringing Social Science Rigor to AI Evaluation."

📅 September 24, 2026
⌚ 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time
🔗 Register now: https://t.co/d59W70XVXe

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Learn more about the recipients and their accomplishments: https://t.co/IMUdOKCcYk

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🏆 Congrats to the 2026 Datum Award recipients, six federal leaders recognized for advancing data policy & evidence-informed government:
🔹Sharon Boivin & Heather Madray (NSF)
🔹Ross Williford (HHS)
🔹Tony LaVoi (NOAA)
🔹Tiffany Boiman (DOL)
🔹Chou-Lin Chen (NHTSA/DOT)