Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017

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From https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4174

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Introduced: Oct 31, 2017
Status: Passed House & Senate (President next) on Dec 21, 2018

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H.R. 4174 addresses several recommendations from the final report issued by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Specifically, the bill

• Requires federal agencies to create evidence-building plans for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of the agency;

• Establishes Chief Evaluation Officers to continually assess the coverage, quality, methods, consistency, effectiveness, independence, and balance of the portfolio of evaluations, policy research, and ongoing evaluation activities of the agency; and

• Creates an advisory committee to study the Commission’s recommendation to create a National Secure Data Service.

The bill also incorporates the text of H.R. 1770, the OPEN Government Data Act, which requires open government data assets made available by federal agencies to be published as machine-readable data

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More at link.

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1. How long does he have to sign it?

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2. Until January 3, I think. n/t