§315 Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building

Summary

Creates an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building to look at how federal data can be used for evidence and to give recommendations. The Chief Statistician of the United States must chair the committee. The Director (or a designated agency head) must appoint members: one agency Chief Information Officer, one Chief Privacy Officer, one Chief Performance Officer, three agency Chief Data Officers, three agency Evaluation Officers, three members from the Interagency Council for Statistical Policy (under section 3504(e)(8) of title 44), and at least 10 representatives from state or local governments and outside groups with expertise in areas like transparency, privacy, statistical data use, information management, information technology, and research and evaluation. Members serve 2-year terms, vacancies are filled for the rest of the term, and members are unpaid. The committee must help the Director with duties under part D of subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, advise on data sharing, linking data, and privacy-enhancing methods, and review how agencies coordinate data sharing for evidence building. The committee must give the Director an annual public report and must end no later than two years after its first meeting.