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ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
As a non-partisan, non-profit think thank, the Data Foundation conducts research and provides commentary related to open data and evidence-informed policy in government. On this page, you will find formal research products, such as reports and white papers, as well as thought leadership, including blogs, op-eds, and public statements.
Four data experts with experience across diverse communities joined us to discuss why detailed and comparable data are vital for policymaking, funding… More...
The Executive Vice President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation discusses non-partisan, data-focused proposals to strengthen program integrity, and t… More...
The Executive Vice President of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation discusses non-partisan, data-focused proposals to strengthen program integrity, and t… More...
The senior fellow at the Urban Institute discusses the challenge with making our federal data infrastructure more visible, plus her vision for the fut… More...
Greg Feldberg, a member of the Open Data Standards Task Force, explores the benefits of standardized financial data, success stories so far, and chall… More...
As the national focus on government efficiency intensifies, the Data Foundation’s practical, non-partisan proposals use timely, accurate, and interope… More...
Applications now open for government, researchers, and industry experts to join cross-sector initiative More...
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2026 —Navigating Transition and Change: 2025 Survey of Federal Chief Data Officers, provides perspectives about how the CDO comm… More...
Four data experts with experience across diverse communities joined us to discuss why detailed and comparable data are vital for policymaking, funding… More...
The Data Foundation, in collaboration with Deloitte, presents the findings from our 2025 CDO Survey, offering key insights into the evolving role of d… More...
Attendees joined us to hear directly from the team behind EvalAssist — how it works, how it was built and assessed, and what its development revealed … More...
