Policy Areas As America’s premier voice on data policy, the Data Coalition advocates for policies that enable government data to be high-quality, accessible, and usable. Download Our Policy Agenda Download Our Legislative Agenda |
Open Data While open data is now the legal default for federal government agencies to publish information, much work remains for the federal government to realize the vision and benefits of open government data. | Financial Services & RegTech The complexity of the U.S. financial regulatory reporting system, reliance on document-based reports, and provision of information in static documents limit the value of this data for regulators and industry. Learn more | Data Sharing & Privacy Collaboration improves government efficiency by capitalizing on the ingenuity in the data community, while also supporting agencies in their adoption of data-centric cultures that protect personally identifiable data. |
Evidence-Informed Decision Making The Data Coalition is committed to ensuring the Evidence Act is successfully implemented and seeing more evidence-informed and data-driven decision making throughout government. Learn more | Innovation & Emerging Tech Innovations and emerging technologies are becoming more ubiquitous, and federal lawmakers are beginning to consider how to deploy technologies to effectively leverage the government’s data assets. | Federal Data Workforce
The Data Coalition supports collaboration between government, industry, non-profits, and academia to ensure government data are accessible and useful for the American public. Learn more |
Topical Data Advocacy The Data Coalition also prioritizes additional government-wide efforts prioritizes specific policy domains that are prioritized by members as initial areas of focus to improve data quality, access, and use. | Join the Data Coalition |