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Chapin Hall Announces RFP: Using Linked Data to Advance Evidence-Based Policymaking

Administrative Data, AISP Network, Evidence-based Policy, IDS, IDS Uses, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

Government policymakers and program managers at the Federal, State, and local levels are under increasing pressure to ensure that their programs are achieving better results at lower cost. In many programs serving vulnerable populations, policymakers and managers lack access to information about what outcomes programs are achieving and to evaluations that can inform policy decisions […]

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Rachel Zinn, Director of the Workforce Data Quality Campaign, Answers Questions from the AISP Team in Regards to President Obama’s Budget and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Federal Regulations, IDS, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

AISP: You are likely aware of the Administrative Data chapter in President Obama’s 2016 budget. What was your impression of its focus on “improving access to workforce data” and what do you think we can expect from this statement? Rachel Zinn: “We were thrilled to see that the 2016 President’s Budget includes proposals to expand

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Integrating Administrative Data: Routinizing Our Success and Exploring New Frontiers

Administrative Data, Government Agencies, IDS, IDS Uses, Research / Tian McPherson

The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology’s conference held in December of 2014 featured a session on “Integrating Administrative Data: Routinizing Our Success and Exploring New Frontiers.” (Organizers: Shelly Martinez, OMB; Grace Medley, SAMHSA; John Eltinge, BLS; Kitty Smith, COPAFS) Chair: Adam Sieminski, Administrator, Energy Information Administration From Demonstrating the Potential of Administrative Data in Statistical

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UW-Madison to Host Census Research Bureau Data Center

Administrative Data, Evidence-based Policy, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources / Tian McPherson

The potential for interdisciplinary research is about to expand considerably throughout the state of Wisconsin, thanks to Census Bureau approval for construction of a branch Research Data Center, or RDC, on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. A Census Bureau RDC provides secure access by researchers to administrative data linked across federal agencies that would otherwise

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