Best Practices

Future of Privacy Forum and Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy Release ‘Nothing to Hide: Tools for Talking (and Listening) About Data Privacy for Integrated Data Systems’

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Today, Future of Privacy Forum and Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy released Nothing to Hide: Tools for Talking (and Listening) About Data Privacy for Integrated Data Systems. Nothing to Hide provides governments and their partners working to integrate data for policy and program improvement with the necessary tools to lead privacy-sensitive, inclusive engagement efforts. In […]

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Forum FYI Webinar Series: Preventing Problems Before They Start: Introducing the Role of Prevention Science in Proven Programs

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Research, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources / Tian McPherson

Register now for the first webinar Title: Preventing Problems Before They Start: Introducing the Role of Prevention Science in Proven Programs Time and date: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET, Thursday, April 28 Description: How can science help you solve tomorrow’s problems for youth today? Learn how the benefits of prevention science and research science

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DQC National Summit: April 26 – Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Conferences, Evidence-based Policy, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

The Data Quality Campaign will host a national summit, “Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students,” on Tuesday, April 26, in Washington, DC. Meeting our nation’s education goals is impossible without empowering those closest to students with the data they need to make decisions. At this summit, DQC will unveil a bold new vision

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J-PAL Creates Resources on How to Obtain and Use Nonpublic Administrative Data

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Evidence-based Policy, Evidence-based services, Research, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources / Tian McPherson

“Administrative data are information collected, used, and stored primarily for administrative (i.e., operational), rather than research, purposes. These data can be an excellent source of information for use in research and impact evaluation.” “J-PAL North America has developed a guide that provides practical guidance on how to obtain and use nonpublic administrative data for a

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The promise of integrated data systems for social policy reform: A Q&A with Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo

Administrative Data, AISP Network, Best Practices, IDS, News, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) is an initiative funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, with the purpose of improving the quality of education, and health and human service agencies’ policies and practices through the use of integrated data systems. AISP aims to build a nationwide professional network of data expertise

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The Legal and Ethical Issues around Linking Administrative Data in Scotland

Administrative Data, Best Practices, International IDS Efforts / Tian McPherson

Abstract: This initial scoping report outlines the original research to be undertaken for the legal work package of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Administrative Data Research Centre-Scotland (ADRC-S), by Professor Graeme Laurie and Ms Leslie Stevens based at the University of Edinburgh, School of Law and J Kenyon Mason Institute for Medicine,

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Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Releases Data Quality Assessment Tool

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Federal Regulations, IDS, Research / Tian McPherson

The FCSM recently released their Data Quality Assessment Tool for administrative data. It can be found by following the below link: http://www.bls.gov/osmr/datatool.pdf Additionally, they also released a paper on the successes of administrative data use for research. It can be found by following the below link: http://www.bls.gov/osmr/fcsm.pdf

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