UPDATE–New Version of Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Subcommittee Working Papers Released
You can access these papers here: http://www.bls.gov/osmr/fcsm_related.htm.
Federal Regulations
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette Highlights Allegheny County’s Integrated Data System
Allegheny County’s integrated data system, located within their Department of Human Services, was recently featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The Gazette praised the system for its close attention to privacy, which was recently also lauded in a federal report. To read the entire article click here.
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Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Releases Data Quality Assessment Tool
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
GAO Releases Report on Privacy Protection
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled “Sustained and Coordinated Efforts Could Facilitate Data Sharing While Protecting Privacy.” This report affirms that when different agencies share data, not only are administrative policies improved, services for individual clients are improved as well. Building on this, GAO looked at the different issues
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Federal Bill Gives Social Workers Better Access to Foster Kids’ Education Records
Social workers will no longer be required to get a court order before accessing school records of children in foster care.The purpose of this legislation is to improve school outcomes for children in foster care. Social workers will be able to better facilitate the transfer of records from a child’s previous school to his/her current
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OMB Announces Major Evidence-Based Initiative
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently issued a memorandum calling for expanded capacity and use of evaluation and evidence in government decision-making. The document can be found here. From the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy ( http://www.coalition4evidence.org ): “In a potential breakthrough for evidence-based policy, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has launched a major new
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Foundation for Child Development recommends guidelines for integrating PreK experience data into state longitudinal data systems
FCD’s policy brief asks the federal government to create a national advisory group on state longitudinal data systems. More information, in addition to the full brief, can be found on their website: http://fcd-us.org/whats-new/prek-12-state-longitudinal-data-systems