§3583 Application to Access Data Assets for Developing Evidence

Summary

The Director must create a single application process so agencies, the Congressional Budget Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and others can ask to use data that statistical agencies get under this law to build evidence. The process must include six things: the same steps for every statistical agency, one common application form, rules for deciding who gets access, deadlines for quick decisions, an appeals path for denials or rule breaks, and public transparency (posting applications, their status, decisions, and other relevant information). The Director must get input from the public, agencies, State and local governments, and non‑government researchers when making the process. Each head of a statistical agency must put the process in place.