Nick Hart, Ph.D.

Impacts from October 2025 RIFs Monitoring Impacts from October 2025 RIFs and Shutdown Last Updated: SHARE UPDATES DIRECTLY TO IMPACT@DATAFOUNDATION.ORG (identifiable) or at www.safe-track.org (anonymous) TABLE OF CONTENTS: TOPLI...

#openaccess summary of impacts here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Data 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.

#evidenceact #publictrust #statistics #ai #datagovernance | Nick Hart, Ph.D. Today marks one year since OMB finalized the Public Trust Rule under the Evidence Act. Watch my statement on where we are and what needs to happen next. ⬇️ The Public Trust Rule codifies four fundame...

Today is the anniversary of the Public Trust rule under the #EvidenceAct — our statement — www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...

Join 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/...

Great 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. 💯 Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sncc... #opendata #transparency #EvidenceAct

Calls for Investigation of SSA CDO Allegations | Nick Hart, Ph.D. We created Chief Data Officers to improve federal data governance at every agency -- they serve many functions, including analyzing risks and serving as early warning systems when institutional safegu...

Data Foundation statement on allegations of unauthorized data access at SSA: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...

A 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

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Highly Respected Economist, Dr. E.J. Antoni, as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that...

President 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...

Thank you!! Very much appreciate the support. Let's get this to #SXSW26 -- a much needed public discussion that affects #openscience and #nationalsecurity.

Just wrapped an inspiring few days at #ASAE2025 in Los Angeles 🌟 | Nick Hart, Ph.D. Just wrapped an inspiring few days at #ASAE2025 in Los Angeles 🌟 Connecting with association leaders across sectors reminded me why collaboration matters more than ever in 2025. Whether you’re runnin...

My takeaways from #ASAE2025 and what it means for the Data Coalition members -- more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh... #ASAE25

🚨 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮.
Help us expose this at #SXSW2026 with Chris Marcum, Nancy Potok, Suzette Kent. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 → participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
⏰ Ends Aug 24 #DataSecurity #NationalSecurity #SXSW26

📊 "Our politics is data" - and America's statistical system is built for this moment. | Nick Hart, Ph.D. 📊 "Our politics is data" - and America's statistical system is built for this moment. Today I am heading to the Joint Statistical Meetings (#JSM25) with the American Statistical Association - ASA in ...

Looking forward to joining #jsm2025 over the next couple days. Here’s my take on the moment via LinkedIn - it’s too long for BlueSky! www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...

The Data Foundation reaffirms its commitment to supporting the integrity and independence of America’s 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 Budget’s Public Trust Rule—a regulation required by the Evidence Act—codifies 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.social‬ 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"

My statement on the termination of the BLS commissioner and other comments about federal statistics in recent days: datafoundation.org/news/press-r...

Appreciate the feature by @forbes.com Tech Council alongside other #ai experts this month! forbes.com/councils/for...

White House names new official to oversee federal statistical system Mark Calabria is now the Trump administration’s chief statistician, replacing Karin Orvis.

White House names new official to oversee federal statistical system. Mark Calabria is now the Trump administration’s chief statistician, replacing Karin Orvis. via @madialder.bsky.social fedscoop.com/white-house-...

Congratulations 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...

What 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...

NEW: The Data Foundation is hiring for two key roles:

🔹 Director/Sr Director, Center for Data Policy- lnkd.in/eNVmHF-R
🔹 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 “Increasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Performance Data.” Join our Climate Data Collaborative team -- and the Stanford team. 🌎RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#ClimateData #OpenData #SDG #ESG #Regtech

🚗 "Input Isolationism"—fixating on cutting costs while ignoring outcomes—is 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...

Government Isn't Wagyu - It's BBQ, and You Need to Know Your Cuts As a Kansas City native who takes BBQ seriously, I am struck by Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar's recent comment that government has "started to resemble a finely marbled wagyu" that needs trimming by the D...

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

DOGE created a 'survey of surveys' for a push to cut some government data collection DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency's oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn.

My latest @npr.org story: A new push by the Trump administration’s DOGE team to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency’s oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn

The 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,” 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...

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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.

There 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.

Protocol for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse: Methods and Standards, Version 2.0 The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse (Pathways to Work). ACF seeks co...

HHS-ACF seeking comments on new RFI -- "Protocol for the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse: Methods and Standards" www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

The @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...