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Center for Evidence Capacity

The Center for Evidence Capacity is at the forefront of focusing on the resources, people, processes, and funding needed to ensure that data and evidence are effectively used during policy implementation and decision-making activities.

The Data Foundation launched the Center for Evidence Capacity at a critical juncture for the community. The enactment of the Evidence Act provided new direction and encouragement to build, foster, and sustain cultures for evidence capacity that lead to data and evidence use in decision-making.

The Center for Evidence Capacity focuses on identifying and supporting the questions about how and why policies and practices are implemented, including through support of major activities like the recent advent of learning agenda implementation and building multi-year strategies, open data and related engagement plans, and resources for data and artificial intelligence literacy, evaluation policies and practices, and evidence transparency.

The Center for Evidence Capacity manages key initiatives and provides objective analysis tracking how public and private sector activities impact the nation's ability to collect, analyze, and evaluate government program effectiveness. The Data Foundation's SAFE-Track portal and #MyDataStory initiative are ongoing efforts to help all stakeholders understand the evolving landscape of federal evidence infrastructure.