#openaccess summary of impacts here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
11.10.2025 16:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@nickhartphd.bsky.social
Data Foundation President & CEO | NAPA & BPC Fellow | #opendata #Evidence #ai #evaluation | Anonymous messages: safetrack.org | * Share your #MyDataStory mydatastory.org *
#openaccess summary of impacts here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
11.10.2025 16:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Data Foundation monitoring Oct 10 federal RIFs affecting ~4,300 employees. Significant impacts at CDC (including NCHS vital records), IRS, SAMHSA, ACF & other data/evaluation units. Share information: impact@datafoundation.org or www.safe-track.org (anonymous). Tracking doc in comments.
11.10.2025 16:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Today is the anniversary of the Public Trust rule under the #EvidenceAct โ our statement โ www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
10.10.2025 19:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Join the Data Foundation on 10/7 at 1 pm ET to learn about what has happened with data.gov, open data, and data leadership in the federal government. If you're a furloughed federal worker, you can still attend by re-registering with your personal email. datafoundation.org/events/view/...
06.10.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great to see former Trump-appointed BLS Commissioner Bill Beach call for implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act and the #EvidenceAct regulations that are long overdue. ๐ฏ Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sncc... #opendata #transparency #EvidenceAct
19.09.2025 00:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Data Foundation statement on allegations of unauthorized data access at SSA: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
29.08.2025 21:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A pleasure to join the @cnn.com This Morning team to talk about federal statistics and trust in our data. We need improved mechanisms for transparency -- even "radical transparency" about data: #opendata #transparency #FedDataStrategy
21.08.2025 11:31 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0President Trump today announced he is nominating EJ Antoni from the Heritage Foundation to serve as the new BLS Commissioner. This is a politically appointed & Senate confirmed position; the last commissioner, a Biden appointee was just dismissed by Trump. #statistics truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
11.08.2025 23:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you!! Very much appreciate the support. Let's get this to #SXSW26 -- a much needed public discussion that affects #openscience and #nationalsecurity.
11.08.2025 23:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My takeaways from #ASAE2025 and what it means for the Data Coalition members -- more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh... #ASAE25
11.08.2025 23:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐จ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ.
Help us expose this at #SXSW2026 with Chris Marcum, Nancy Potok, Suzette Kent. ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฒ โ participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
โฐ Ends Aug 24 #DataSecurity #NationalSecurity #SXSW26
Looking forward to joining #jsm2025 over the next couple days. Hereโs my take on the moment via LinkedIn - itโs too long for BlueSky! www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
05.08.2025 20:50 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Data Foundation reaffirms its commitment to supporting the integrity and independence of Americaโs federal statistical system. Recent events underscore the importance of the institutional and legal safeguards that protect the objectivity of federal statistics and serve the American people and economy. Statistical independence is not dependent on any single individual but is built into the system itself through robust policies, procedures, legal frameworks, and the culture and people of the statistical system. The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act), signed into law by President Trump on January 14, 2019, established comprehensive protections for statistical agencies. Building on this foundation, the Office of Management and Budgetโs Public Trust Ruleโa regulation required by the Evidence Actโcodifies four fundamental responsibilities for statistical agencies: producing timely information, conducting credible and accurate activities, maintaining objectivity, and protecting data provider confidentiality. We have confidence that federal statistical products retain their fidelity to those principles.
6. Data Foundation's @nickhartphd.bsky.socialโฌ says the independence of the U.S. federal statistical system "is not dependent on any single individual but is built into the system itself through robust policies, procedures, legal frameworks, and the culture and people of the statistical system"
01.08.2025 21:51 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0My statement on the termination of the BLS commissioner and other comments about federal statistics in recent days: datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
02.08.2025 00:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Appreciate the feature by @forbes.com Tech Council alongside other #ai experts this month! forbes.com/councils/for...
17.07.2025 16:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0White House names new official to oversee federal statistical system. Mark Calabria is now the Trump administrationโs chief statistician, replacing Karin Orvis. via @madialder.bsky.social fedscoop.com/white-house-...
11.07.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Congratulations to Mark Calabria on being named Chief Statistician of the United States. This critical role coordinates the 16 federal statistical agencies and implements the Public Trust Rule from the #EvidenceAct. Statement --> datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
11.07.2025 16:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0What does the "One Big Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) mean for federal data? We tried to answer that in a new explainer from the Data Foundation. More --> datafoundation.org/news/blogs/6...
03.07.2025 18:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0NEW: The Data Foundation is hiring for two key roles:
๐น Director/Sr Director, Center for Data Policy- lnkd.in/eNVmHF-R
๐น Manager/Director, Communications- lnkd.in/eQgj3rFZ
We're looking for folks who are passionate about data and using evidence to improve society.
#Hiring #DataPolicy #OpenData
Today @ 12 p.m. ET -- free virtual event highlighting new report on โIncreasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Performance Data.โ Join our Climate Data Collaborative team -- and the Stanford team. ๐RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateData #OpenData #SDG #ESG #Regtech
๐ "Input Isolationism"โfixating on cutting costs while ignoring outcomesโis killing data strategies and more.
Following my ASPA keynote, my new Forbes piece explores how this creates blind spots & shares strategies to reconnect inputs with results. --> www.forbes.com/councils/for...
Memorial Day thoughts : Great BBQ & governance both need patience, expertise, and doing it right the first time (as my veteran dad says). Read about using data over cuts in the dark - using Kansas City BBQ logic! www.linkedin.com/pulse/govern...
#MemorialDay #PublicPolicy #BBQ #KansasCity
My latest @npr.org story: A new push by the Trump administrationโs DOGE team to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agencyโs oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn
23.05.2025 19:01 โ ๐ 168 ๐ 59 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 10The Data Foundation calls for attention from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and congressional oversight committees to: Conduct a review of statistical agency activities that have altered data collections in 2025, encouraging a transparent mechanism for documenting changes to Information Collection Requests under the Paperwork Reduction Act Request that the OMB Director and Chief Statistician of the United States issue an immediate memo to federal departments and agencies to halt implementation of recommendations that conflict with the Public Trust rule for statistical collections until a comprehensive review can be completed by designated statistical officials Provide transparency to the public about any changes to statistical data or methodologies, consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act and OMB's pledge to adopt "radical transparency,โ which has been supported by the Data Foundation
5. UPDATE: @nickhartphd.bsky.social of the Data Foundation, an open data advocacy group, says "DOGE interventions in the federal statistical system without transparency are concerning and may undermine the availability of future data..."
datafoundation.org/news/press-r...
DOGE Tweet: / END
20.05.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0 E.g., this post mentions BJS's Survey of Inmates in Local Jails & the
@deptofdefense.govmirrors.com's Ask U.S. Panel. These collections received public comment and changes should also involve feedback from the public and data users.
#OpenData #EvidenceAct #CIPSEA #Statistics
The collections should always be reviewed, but we should resist saying a single question means a collection is not worthwhile or useful to decision-makers and researchers.
20.05.2025 21:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0There is much more to understanding why national-scale data are collected and what surveys are useful, and always more than merely the number of questions and the pages of text involved. DOGE seems to currently be reviewing interagency agreements that implicate the entirety of the fed stat system.
20.05.2025 21:13 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0HHS-ACF seeking comments on new RFI -- "Protocol for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse: Methods and Standards" www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
18.05.2025 15:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The @data_foundation is still collecting videos of data stories (and written stories too!). Submit a video today to help us tell the story about why data matters to our society! More here --> vocalvideo.com/c/data-found...
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