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Hearing Hearing Date: September 26, 2017 10:00 am 2157 Rayburn HOB

Recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-based Policymaking

Subject
Recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-based Policymaking
Date
September 26, 2017
Time
10:00 am
Place
2157 Rayburn HOB
Full Committee on Oversight and Accountability

PURPOSE:

  • To examine recommendations from the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP).
  • To understand how Congress can improve access to data, protect privacy and confidentiality, and facilitate the creation of evidence-based policies.

BACKGROUND:

  • In March 2016, the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2016, sponsored by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), established a 15-person bipartisan commission tasked with developing recommendations to support research and evaluation of government programs.
  • CEP conducted a comprehensive study to evaluate how the federal government accesses, shares, uses, secures, and evaluates data for evidence building.
  • On September 7, 2017, CEP released their findings in a report titled, The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking: Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
  • The report contained 22 recommendations for increasing the use of data and evidence to evaluate government programs and develop evidence-based policy.

  

Witnesses and testimonies: Dr. Katharine G. Abraham

Chair
Commission on Evidence Based Policy Making

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Dr. Ron Haskins

Co-Chair


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Mr. Robert Shea, Esq.

Commissioner
Commission on Evidence Based Policy Making

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Dr. Latanya Sweeney

Commissioner
Commission on Evidence Based Policy Making

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