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Protecting privacy and ensuring confidentiality in data is a critical component of modernizing our national data infrastructure. The use of blended data--combining previously collected data sources--presents new considerations for responsible data stewardship. Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Managing Privacy and Confidentiality Risks with Blended Data provides a framework for managing disclosure risks that accounts for the unique attributes of blended data and poses a series of questions to guide considered decision-making. Following the presentation of the report’s findings and conclusions, discussion leaders will share reflections on implications for statistical policy and best practices for managing privacy risk.
In the next Issues in Evaluation webinar, a partnership between the Data Foundation and GAO, experts from across the evidence-building community will address the benefits and methods for building capacity in the federal government, and address the recommendations in the GAO report. This will include a discussion of opportunities for collaboration in improving the field, as well as next steps.