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🏆 Congrats to the 2026 Datum Award recipients, six federal leaders recognized for advancing data policy & evidence-informed government:
🔹Sharon Boivin & Heather Madray (NSF)
🔹Ross Williford (HHS)
🔹Tony LaVoi (NOAA)
🔹Tiffany Boiman (DOL)
🔹Chou-Lin Chen (NHTSA/DOT)
🔹Sharon Boivin & Heather Madray (NSF)
🔹Ross Williford (HHS)
🔹Tony LaVoi (NOAA)
🔹Tiffany Boiman (DOL)
🔹Chou-Lin Chen (NHTSA/DOT)
September 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
🏆 Congrats to the 2026 Datum Award recipients, six federal leaders recognized for advancing data policy & evidence-informed government:
🔹Sharon Boivin & Heather Madray (NSF)
🔹Ross Williford (HHS)
🔹Tony LaVoi (NOAA)
🔹Tiffany Boiman (DOL)
🔹Chou-Lin Chen (NHTSA/DOT)
🔹Sharon Boivin & Heather Madray (NSF)
🔹Ross Williford (HHS)
🔹Tony LaVoi (NOAA)
🔹Tiffany Boiman (DOL)
🔹Chou-Lin Chen (NHTSA/DOT)
🔎 Be sure to register for a webinar next week (Sept. 24) from Lauren Damme, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation, about the role of social scientists and policy researchers in evaluating AI-driven tools, systems and services.
September 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
🔎 Be sure to register for a webinar next week (Sept. 24) from Lauren Damme, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation, about the role of social scientists and policy researchers in evaluating AI-driven tools, systems and services.
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Nerding out at govDATAx today!
Happening today: The Data Foundation's govDATAx convening on realizing the value of public data. There's still time to register.
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September 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Nerding out at govDATAx today!
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AI raises the stakes for trustworthy data. Nick Hart @datafoundation.bsky.social describes data as unseen critical Infrastructure with National parks as example. @altnps.bsky.social
September 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
AI raises the stakes for trustworthy data. Nick Hart @datafoundation.bsky.social describes data as unseen critical Infrastructure with National parks as example. @altnps.bsky.social
Happening today: The Data Foundation's govDATAx convening on realizing the value of public data. There's still time to register.
Check out the full agenda: datafoundation.org/events/view/...
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
Check out the full agenda: datafoundation.org/events/view/...
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
September 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Happening today: The Data Foundation's govDATAx convening on realizing the value of public data. There's still time to register.
Check out the full agenda: datafoundation.org/events/view/...
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
Check out the full agenda: datafoundation.org/events/view/...
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
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The @datafoundation.bsky.social is launching a process to create a National Data Strategy -- more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
#cdo | Nick Hart, Ph.D.
While there are a lot or organizations developing and proposing new ideas, grand plans, and strategies for the future -- the process is just as important as the output. Today the Data Foundation is an...
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September 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The @datafoundation.bsky.social is launching a process to create a National Data Strategy -- more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nickrh...
New from Data Foundation: a policy brief on reforming FEMA in the context of billion-dollar disasters nearly doubling from 2019 to 2024 (14 → 27), and GAO putting federal disaster assistance on its High-Risk List last year. 🧵
August 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New from Data Foundation: a policy brief on reforming FEMA in the context of billion-dollar disasters nearly doubling from 2019 to 2024 (14 → 27), and GAO putting federal disaster assistance on its High-Risk List last year. 🧵
🗓️ govDATAx is one month away. Sept 15, 2026 @ GWU — a full day on the value public data delivers, and the cost when it's unavailable or underutilized.
Secure your spot now 🧵
Secure your spot now 🧵
August 18, 2026 at 4:02 PM
🗓️ govDATAx is one month away. Sept 15, 2026 @ GWU — a full day on the value public data delivers, and the cost when it's unavailable or underutilized.
Secure your spot now 🧵
Secure your spot now 🧵
🎙️ Did you know we have a podcast?
From weather forecasts to retirement planning to disease tracking — federal data quietly runs American life. We talk to the leaders shaping the datasets we all rely on, and policy changes that could strengthen or limit them.
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From weather forecasts to retirement planning to disease tracking — federal data quietly runs American life. We talk to the leaders shaping the datasets we all rely on, and policy changes that could strengthen or limit them.
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Data for the People!
Every day, millions of Americans rely on federal data—often without realizing it. From checking the weather forecast to planning retirement, from tracking disease outbreaks to measuring economic…
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August 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
🎙️ Did you know we have a podcast?
From weather forecasts to retirement planning to disease tracking — federal data quietly runs American life. We talk to the leaders shaping the datasets we all rely on, and policy changes that could strengthen or limit them.
Subscribe: buff.ly/sPQm66V
From weather forecasts to retirement planning to disease tracking — federal data quietly runs American life. We talk to the leaders shaping the datasets we all rely on, and policy changes that could strengthen or limit them.
Subscribe: buff.ly/sPQm66V
📰 Our August newsletter is almost here: confirmed govDATAx speakers, Commerce's new data privacy order explained, our take on OSTP's AI science report, and a 6-point FEMA reform brief. Plus a data point about the size of federal CDO teams as their AI portfolio expands.
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August 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
📰 Our August newsletter is almost here: confirmed govDATAx speakers, Commerce's new data privacy order explained, our take on OSTP's AI science report, and a 6-point FEMA reform brief. Plus a data point about the size of federal CDO teams as their AI portfolio expands.
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👉️ Subscribe: buff.ly/DSuC9eI
📣 New govDATAx speaker: Sunny Wescott, the Executive Director of the Geospatial Intelligence Information Sharing & Analysis Center (GEOINT-ISAC). She specializes in how extreme weather affects emergency response, supply chains & critical infrastructure.
Sept 15 @ GWU 🧵
Sept 15 @ GWU 🧵
August 14, 2026 at 12:45 PM
📣 New govDATAx speaker: Sunny Wescott, the Executive Director of the Geospatial Intelligence Information Sharing & Analysis Center (GEOINT-ISAC). She specializes in how extreme weather affects emergency response, supply chains & critical infrastructure.
Sept 15 @ GWU 🧵
Sept 15 @ GWU 🧵
Most execs think they understand data standards.
Most can't actually describe what a good one looks like.
Here's the difference — and why regulators are now smart enough to tell which firms are faking it 🧵
Most can't actually describe what a good one looks like.
Here's the difference — and why regulators are now smart enough to tell which firms are faking it 🧵
August 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Most execs think they understand data standards.
Most can't actually describe what a good one looks like.
Here's the difference — and why regulators are now smart enough to tell which firms are faking it 🧵
Most can't actually describe what a good one looks like.
Here's the difference — and why regulators are now smart enough to tell which firms are faking it 🧵
🚨 Speaker announcement: govDATAx 2026 is bringing together leaders shaping the future of public data.
Confirmed so far:
🔹 Gus Chiarello, HHS
🔹 Ken Dieffenbach, PRAC
🔹 Deidre Harrison, McKinsey & Company
🔹 Renata Miskell, Treasury
🔹 Matt Graviss, Ph.D., @atlassian.bsky.social
More soon. 🧵 1/3
Confirmed so far:
🔹 Gus Chiarello, HHS
🔹 Ken Dieffenbach, PRAC
🔹 Deidre Harrison, McKinsey & Company
🔹 Renata Miskell, Treasury
🔹 Matt Graviss, Ph.D., @atlassian.bsky.social
More soon. 🧵 1/3
August 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
🚨 Speaker announcement: govDATAx 2026 is bringing together leaders shaping the future of public data.
Confirmed so far:
🔹 Gus Chiarello, HHS
🔹 Ken Dieffenbach, PRAC
🔹 Deidre Harrison, McKinsey & Company
🔹 Renata Miskell, Treasury
🔹 Matt Graviss, Ph.D., @atlassian.bsky.social
More soon. 🧵 1/3
Confirmed so far:
🔹 Gus Chiarello, HHS
🔹 Ken Dieffenbach, PRAC
🔹 Deidre Harrison, McKinsey & Company
🔹 Renata Miskell, Treasury
🔹 Matt Graviss, Ph.D., @atlassian.bsky.social
More soon. 🧵 1/3
Remember library card catalogs? AI needs them too. Without metadata, AI is blind to federal data. Hyon Kim & @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy explain why the new DCAT-US v3.0 standard is the 'card catalog' our digital future needs. Let's fund this critical infrastructure. buff.ly/pfTKO7b
August 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Remember library card catalogs? AI needs them too. Without metadata, AI is blind to federal data. Hyon Kim & @csmarcum.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy explain why the new DCAT-US v3.0 standard is the 'card catalog' our digital future needs. Let's fund this critical infrastructure. buff.ly/pfTKO7b
🌎 What does better data mean for resilience?
At the 2026 Data Summit, experts from engineering, government, and insurance explored how environmental & hazard data shapes decisions on infrastructure, permitting, investment, and risk. 🧵
At the 2026 Data Summit, experts from engineering, government, and insurance explored how environmental & hazard data shapes decisions on infrastructure, permitting, investment, and risk. 🧵
August 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
🌎 What does better data mean for resilience?
At the 2026 Data Summit, experts from engineering, government, and insurance explored how environmental & hazard data shapes decisions on infrastructure, permitting, investment, and risk. 🧵
At the 2026 Data Summit, experts from engineering, government, and insurance explored how environmental & hazard data shapes decisions on infrastructure, permitting, investment, and risk. 🧵
Public data is evolving, and so are the conversations around it.
govDATAx brings together leaders across sectors to explore:
🤖 AI
📈 Evidence
📊 Data governance
🤝 Collaboration
Register now: buff.ly/Tqy9T9c ✨ #govDATAx
govDATAx brings together leaders across sectors to explore:
🤖 AI
📈 Evidence
📊 Data governance
🤝 Collaboration
Register now: buff.ly/Tqy9T9c ✨ #govDATAx
July 28, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Public data is evolving, and so are the conversations around it.
govDATAx brings together leaders across sectors to explore:
🤖 AI
📈 Evidence
📊 Data governance
🤝 Collaboration
Register now: buff.ly/Tqy9T9c ✨ #govDATAx
govDATAx brings together leaders across sectors to explore:
🤖 AI
📈 Evidence
📊 Data governance
🤝 Collaboration
Register now: buff.ly/Tqy9T9c ✨ #govDATAx
🎧 In our latest podcast, @nickhartphd.bsky.social, @daniellalowenberg.bsky.social & Rachel Snyderman discuss what philanthropy can uniquely contribute, from supporting innovation & research to convening partners & helping turn data into better policy and outcomes. datafoundation.org/news/data-fo...
July 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
🎧 In our latest podcast, @nickhartphd.bsky.social, @daniellalowenberg.bsky.social & Rachel Snyderman discuss what philanthropy can uniquely contribute, from supporting innovation & research to convening partners & helping turn data into better policy and outcomes. datafoundation.org/news/data-fo...
🚨 Today at #CDOIQ2026: "Proven Under Pressure: Federal CDOs, AI, and What 2026 Demands"
Data Foundation's Nick Hart & Taka Ariga + DOT's Daniel Morgan unpack our 2025 Federal CDO Survey findings — AI adoption up to 78%, and what's ahead with OPEN Gov Data Act deadlines.
📍 Kendall Square | 2:45 PM
Data Foundation's Nick Hart & Taka Ariga + DOT's Daniel Morgan unpack our 2025 Federal CDO Survey findings — AI adoption up to 78%, and what's ahead with OPEN Gov Data Act deadlines.
📍 Kendall Square | 2:45 PM
July 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
🚨 Today at #CDOIQ2026: "Proven Under Pressure: Federal CDOs, AI, and What 2026 Demands"
Data Foundation's Nick Hart & Taka Ariga + DOT's Daniel Morgan unpack our 2025 Federal CDO Survey findings — AI adoption up to 78%, and what's ahead with OPEN Gov Data Act deadlines.
📍 Kendall Square | 2:45 PM
Data Foundation's Nick Hart & Taka Ariga + DOT's Daniel Morgan unpack our 2025 Federal CDO Survey findings — AI adoption up to 78%, and what's ahead with OPEN Gov Data Act deadlines.
📍 Kendall Square | 2:45 PM
🗓️ Save the date!
Join us Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. for #govDATAx2026, where leaders across government, industry, academia, and nonprofits will explore the future of AI, public data, and digital transformation.
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
More details coming soon.
Join us Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. for #govDATAx2026, where leaders across government, industry, academia, and nonprofits will explore the future of AI, public data, and digital transformation.
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
More details coming soon.
July 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
🗓️ Save the date!
Join us Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. for #govDATAx2026, where leaders across government, industry, academia, and nonprofits will explore the future of AI, public data, and digital transformation.
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
More details coming soon.
Join us Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. for #govDATAx2026, where leaders across government, industry, academia, and nonprofits will explore the future of AI, public data, and digital transformation.
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/govdatax-2...
More details coming soon.
🌎 Climate and environmental data depends on more than datasets. It depends on people, partnerships, and resilient public infrastructure.
We're excited to share the summary report from Climate & Environmental Data Day, which brought together more than 100 leaders during DC Climate Week. 🧵
We're excited to share the summary report from Climate & Environmental Data Day, which brought together more than 100 leaders during DC Climate Week. 🧵
July 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
🌎 Climate and environmental data depends on more than datasets. It depends on people, partnerships, and resilient public infrastructure.
We're excited to share the summary report from Climate & Environmental Data Day, which brought together more than 100 leaders during DC Climate Week. 🧵
We're excited to share the summary report from Climate & Environmental Data Day, which brought together more than 100 leaders during DC Climate Week. 🧵
⏰ FINAL HOURS: Nominations for the 2026 Datum Awards close TONIGHT at 11:59pm ET.
Know a government data champion driving evidence-informed decisions, transparency, or accountability? Nominate them now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Know a government data champion driving evidence-informed decisions, transparency, or accountability? Nominate them now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
⏰ FINAL HOURS: Nominations for the 2026 Datum Awards close TONIGHT at 11:59pm ET.
Know a government data champion driving evidence-informed decisions, transparency, or accountability? Nominate them now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Know a government data champion driving evidence-informed decisions, transparency, or accountability? Nominate them now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
New from the Data Foundation: a resource hub on DAO 216-26 — the Commerce Dept order changing how the Census Bureau & BEA protect confidentiality in published statistics. Plain-language, neutral resources to help you follow a complex debate. 🧵
July 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
New from the Data Foundation: a resource hub on DAO 216-26 — the Commerce Dept order changing how the Census Bureau & BEA protect confidentiality in published statistics. Plain-language, neutral resources to help you follow a complex debate. 🧵
🚨 Final days to nominate! 2026 Datum Awards close Friday, July 17 at midnight ET. Give a shoutout to a gov data leader today 📣 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #DatumAwards
July 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🚨 Final days to nominate! 2026 Datum Awards close Friday, July 17 at midnight ET. Give a shoutout to a gov data leader today 📣 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #DatumAwards
Want the latest on data policy, AI, financial transparency, and evidence-based decision-making?
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July 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Want the latest on data policy, AI, financial transparency, and evidence-based decision-making?
Each month, our newsletter delivers expert analysis, new research, podcasts, and the latest on the issues shaping the future of public data.
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Each month, our newsletter delivers expert analysis, new research, podcasts, and the latest on the issues shaping the future of public data.
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🚨 Tomorrow! 7/15 @ 1pm ET: How can standardized data support transparency & responsible automation in private markets? Join us to find out 📈 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DataFoundation #PrivateMarkets
July 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🚨 Tomorrow! 7/15 @ 1pm ET: How can standardized data support transparency & responsible automation in private markets? Join us to find out 📈 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #DataFoundation #PrivateMarkets